Katrina might affect Louisiana politics...Texas could see influx of Democrats, analysts say

Due to the dispursement of evacuees from New Orleans to all over the country, analysts believe that New Orleans elections and other local elections will be majorly affected. It is thought that the majority of poor evacuees (who are thought to be Democrats) will not be able to afford to ever move back to New Orleans, while on the other hand wealthy New Orleans evacuees (who are more than likely Republicans) will be able to afford to move back, giving New Orleans a good chance of becoming Republican. This is not good news for Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, a Democrat, Governor Kathleen Blanco, a Democrat, or Ray Nagin, the Democratic mayor of New Orleans.
This population shift will also effect local elections in Texas, where many Hurricane evacuees were sent. This means that Democrats will be invading Houston school boards and legislative seats. Between the growth of Hispanics in Texas, and the black population beginning to outnumber the white population, Texas may be turning from Red to Blue.
Although these odds are more than likely to materialize into real statistics, everyone will have to just wait and see what happens.


This is not the first shift politcal parties in America. Another occured after the event of overturning Jim Crowe laws, which restricted African Americans from voting. Once they got the right to vote, the majority voted Democratic. In response to this, the white people of the South (which at the time were Democratic), did not want anything to do with black people, and turned to being Republican.

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