The governor’s election did not offer much of a guidepost to the future, mainly because Gov. Bobby Jindal, barely challenged, said little about what he wants to do in his second term. Not a problem. His is one of two statewide surveys released last week that conclude that voters think the future looks bright, especially for those who paid for the polls. A survey by Jindal’s consultant firm OnMessage, paid for by Friends of Bobby Jindal, states that voters trust him the most with Louisiana’s future and they broadly support his approach to reforming K-12 education, before he announces his plan. A Market Research Institute poll, commissioned by businessman and former gubernatorial candidate John Georges, peers ahead to the next governor’s race to suggest that—guess who?—Georges can win it. Jindal’s approval rating in his own poll, taken Nov. 8-10, is a stratospheric 71%. Anything less would give him reason to complain after having spent $10 million on his campaign, compared to practically nothing by his unknown challengers. Reading a John Georges poll can be as entertaining as Friday lunch at his most famous asset, Galatoire’s, and nearly as intoxicating. Read the full column here.
(John Maginnis publishes LaPolitics Weekly, a newsletter on Louisiana politics, at LaPolitics.com.)
