Democrats suffered another blow this week when state Rep. Jeremy LaCombe announced he was leaving the party to become a Republican.<\/p>\n
LaCombe, who represents a district in south Louisiana, is the second Democrat in the state to switch parties in recent months. Last month, state Rep. Francis Thompson left the Democratic Party and became a Republican.<\/p>\n
The defections come at a time when President Joe Biden’s approval ratings are in decline. A recent Fox News poll found that Biden’s approval rating among Democrats is just 81%, down from 92% in January.<\/p>\n
The poll also found that Biden’s approval rating among women is 43%, down from 52% in January. Biden’s approval rating among voters aged 45 and older is 41%, down from 50% in January, said a report on the NY Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n The defections of LaCombe and Thompson are a sign of the challenges facing Democrats in Louisiana. The state is a Republican stronghold, and Democrats have struggled to win statewide elections in recent years.<\/p>\n The defections could also make it more difficult for Democrats to pass legislation in the state legislature. Republicans currently hold a majority in both chambers of the legislature, but they need the support of at least one Democrat to pass some bills.<\/p>\n The defections of LaCombe and Thompson are a setback for Democrats in Louisiana, but they are not insurmountable. The party still has a strong base of support in some parts of the state, and it will be looking to build on that support in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Democrats suffered another blow this week when state Rep. Jeremy LaCombe announced he was leaving the party to become a Republican. LaCombe, who represents a district in south Louisiana, is the second Democrat in the state to switch parties in recent months. Last month, state Rep. Francis Thompson left the Democratic Party and became a … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}