Trump-friendly The Advocate reported that Louisiana voters, who usually vote Republican by large margins, flatly turned down a set of changes that Gov. Jeff Landry tried to make to the state constitution to help the GOP. Landry is still reeling from this crushing defeat.

Tyler said, “Landry’s worst loss in 15 months as governor followed a run of victories.” After being contacted through a grassroots digital media effort and seemingly driven at least in part by anger to Landry and President Donald Trump, Black people showed up in larger than anticipated numbers to vote “no.”

According to the report, “In Saturday’s election, approximately 10,000 more individuals cast their votes in liberal New Orleans compared to the governor’s race in October 2023 that resulted in Landry’s election, with 91% of those voters on Saturday opposing all four amendments.”

Rich people would have had to pay less in taxes, specialty courts would have been set up, election times for judges would have been changed, and it would have been easier to send kids to adult prisons for some crimes. Ed Chervenak, a pollster at the University of New Orleans, said that the fact that all four were turned down by roughly 2:1 scores is “a collective middle finger to the governor.”

Landry, on the other hand, says that the amendments were defeated by the actions of George Soros, a liberal Jewish millionaire and philanthropist who Republicans often blame for problems. In reality, as indicated by the investigation, “the rejection was so overwhelming that the significant Democratic turnout doesn’t capture the entire picture – analysts suggest the governor failed to win over enough Republicans.”

John Couvillon, a planner in Louisiana, says that Amendment 2, which lowered taxes, only passed in 14 of the state’s 64 parishes. It also passed in only 8 of the 28 GOP-held state Senate districts and in all 73 GOP-held state House districts. So, even in places where Republicans ran most of the government, the amendments were strongly opposed.

The report says that many people and groups were against the changes. There was also an unusual alliance between liberal and conservative activists.

“The Rev. Tony Spell, a Pentecostal preacher in Baton Rouge, was the first prominent voice to oppose Amendment 2,” the report said. He said that Lyman White, a former LSU star linebacker and program head of Professional Athletes Supporting Students, gave approval for a progressive group to use his anti-Amendment 2 material in their campaign. White is a conservative figure. That group made the website notothemall.org, which was against all four changes.

The original article was published on Raw Story.