Thread by @WinWithJMC

LET'S TALK ABOUT LA SD 7 THREAD

SD7 is situated in the West Bank, and includes parts of three parishes (Jefferson, Orleans, and Plaquemines). It's demographic changes have mirrored demographic changes in the Westbank as a whole
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This district once elected a Republican who had switched from the Democratic Party. (White) Democrats recaptured the district in 1991, and in 2015, it elected black Democrat Troy Carter, who is now a US Congressman
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This is a district with a 57-33% black/white voter registration, while in the 2020 Presidential election, the black voting majority was 55-36% white/black
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An interesting race was in 2015 (Troy Carter's victory). He was in the runoff against white Democratic term limited state representative Jeff Arnold, who represented the Algiers section of New Orleans.
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Troy Carter won that race 57-43%. What was interesting was that the black vote went 79-21% for Carter, while the white vote was 78-22% for Arnold. HOWEVER, a white liberal precinct in Algiers/New Orleans only voted 58-42% for Arnold
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In other words, there is a noticeable white liberal contingent in Algiers/New Orleans that (IMO) holds the balance of power with regards to Rep. Gary Carter's Saturday performance.
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As a postscript, the indirect point being made here was that despite representing nearly all of the Orleans Parish precincts in SD7, white Democratic representative Jeff Arnold could only garner 37% of the vote against Troy Carter.