1991 Gouverneurswahl von Louisiana

So you’re saying we’ve always been this way

What’s less remembered is Duke’s run for the United States Senate in 1990. He came closer to winning that time. Indeed, I think his defeat was more lopsided in 1991 precisely because the earlier election results shocked those opposed to him out of relative complacency, and thus they were more able to effectively organize an anti-Duke coalition.

Looking at East Baton Rouge Parish, it’s telling that the area known now as St. George, voted for David Duke, the Klansman. And if you know anything about the recent history of that area, it tracks.