It's easy for Democrats in Louisiana and across the nation to cheer after Tuesday's "blue wave" of wins in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City.

Louisiana is a Democratic state based on voter registration, but a reliably Republican state when it comes to voting.

Louisiana rarely swings from one party to another. Like it or not, we're not blue or purple; we're red. Deep red.

New York state has been historically and reliably Democratic in recent years, but there have been times in my lifetime when the Empire State was led by a Republican. GOP legislator George Pataki was elected governor in 1994 and then reelected twice.

Generally, New York City is viewed as the most liberal and progressive of New York State's urban centers. Like New Orleans , the city is largely Democratic a

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