That's very common. People's views on issues seem to be very different from their cultural, tribal or whatever identification as Republicans, though that said, we know that Louisiana had a Democratic governor very recently, so some voting based purely on attitudes toward particular candidates is also relevant, but people don't always choose candidates based on their positions on issues.
Landry actually isn't very popular even among LA Republicans; he just won handidly due to a) Deep polarization re: partisanship along with b) Historically low turnout. It's a little similar to Trump in that I think most voters pulled the lever for him thinking he'd be just another Generic R Governor, but he's really tried to impose some massive changes and folks are pushing back.
YUGE news from the Pelican State. All FOUR referenda were rejected! https://www.knoe.com/2025/03/30/louisiana-voters-reject-all-four-constitutional-amendments-march-ballot/
State is conditioned for failure? Landry doesn’t think much of his own state.
so why did a "republican" state overwhelmingly vote against the wishes of their republican governor?
That's very common. People's views on issues seem to be very different from their cultural, tribal or whatever identification as Republicans, though that said, we know that Louisiana had a Democratic governor very recently, so some voting based purely on attitudes toward particular candidates is also relevant, but people don't always choose candidates based on their positions on issues.
Landry actually isn't very popular even among LA Republicans; he just won handidly due to a) Deep polarization re: partisanship along with b) Historically low turnout. It's a little similar to Trump in that I think most voters pulled the lever for him thinking he'd be just another Generic R Governor, but he's really tried to impose some massive changes and folks are pushing back.
270towin mapped the results by county. https://www.270towin.com/news/2025/03/29/live-results-louisiana-proposed-constitutional-amendments_1712.html
Now if the LA Democratic Party gets its crap together and ends up winning elections, even better.