Yet Edwards won, in large part, by also stressing his implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion in the state during his first term. Indeed, Edwards’s lead pollster, Zac McCrary, told me during an interview that no single issue was more important in driving the governor’s victory. (Health care also helped drive the 2018 Democratic takeover of the House via many suburban, Republican and Trump districts). Importantly, McCrary noted that the Medicaid expansion was not perceived by Louisiana voters as primarily an issue involving the urban poor or minorities. ADBut beyond this, the role of the Medicaid expansion in driving these Democratic victories goes to a deeper truth about this moment.

Source: Washington Post November 18, 2019 19:48 UTC