Group questions Louisiana's influenceBy GERARD SHIELDS
Published November 14th 2005 in The Louisiana Advocate
Louisiana finished 29th in the states that played a critical role in
picking the president last year, a voting advocacy group said. The
report by FairVote tallied advertisements and candidate visits for the
last five weeks of the presidential campaign.
"Louisiana is completely ignored," FairVote chairman and former U.S. Rep. John B. Anderson of Illinois said in a statement. "Long gone are the days when the Pelican State mattered in presidential races."
Seeing that the state was leaning toward incumbent President Bush, U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., pulled his advertisements and campaign resources out of the state early.
"Louisiana is completely ignored," FairVote chairman and former U.S. Rep. John B. Anderson of Illinois said in a statement. "Long gone are the days when the Pelican State mattered in presidential races."
Seeing that the state was leaning toward incumbent President Bush, U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., pulled his advertisements and campaign resources out of the state early.