Registered Republican Voters Surpasses Democratic Voters For The First Time In The State’s Modern History

Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com
Joe Gallinaro

For the first time in the state’s modern history, there are more registered Republican voters than Democratic voters. That’s based on a report the Secretary of State’s office puts out at the beginning of every month. John Couvillon of JMC Analytics and Polling says Democrats were once the dominant party in Louisiana, but over time, they’ve been steadily losing party registrants.
 
“Little by little, Republicans have become more and more dominant in Louisiana; and to me, voter registration was the last domino to fall,” Couvillon said.
 
Each party has just over 1 million registered voters, with registered Republican voters outnumbering registered Democratic voters by 2,300.
 
Couvillon says the number of registered No Party voters is up to 820,000 and growing.
 
“Which means there’s a very real possibility that in a few years, Democrats could technically be a third party behind Republicans and Independents,” Couvillon noted.
 
Couvillon says the decline in registered Democratic voters will make it hard for a Democrat to win a statewide office, unless they defy the odds like former two-term Governor John Bel Edwards.
 
“If they want to be electorally viable, perhaps they might want to give former Governor John Bel Edwards a call about how you win independent or some Conservative voters,” Couvillon said.
 
Couvillon says at the start of the Biden Administration, there were 225,000 more registered Democratic voters in the state. That number was down to 55,000 four years later when President Trump was sworn into office for his second term.