The Bayou Ballot Box
The third congressional district of Louisiana stretches over most of the state’s coastline. Storm protection, the role of the offshore oil industry, and the rapidly-disappearing coastline are bread and butter topics for voters there, and host Steve Curwood checks in with the volunteers of political campaigns to understand how the district’s problems are turning into hope at the bayou ballot box.
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