Poll Shows GOP Senator Struggling to Maintain Primary Position
The memo places Letlow first in the primary poll and ahead of Cassidy in their hypothetical runoff.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYThe page identifies an author, but the publisher’s source type is unclassified and the article provides little information about editorial standards, corrections or reporting practices. Its central claims are attributed to a campaign-strategy memo rather than independently documented polling materials.
- Source type — The publisher is recorded as unclassified, so there is no strong institutional-newsroom signal.
- Author attribution — An author is named, providing some accountability.
- Transparency — The article does not provide polling methodology or detailed sourcing beyond the memo.
- Correction history — The page supplies no information about corrections practices.
The article gives specific polling figures and attributes them to a named campaign-strategy memo. It does not provide the survey’s methodology, sample size or direct responses from the candidates, leaving the poll’s basis and context difficult to assess.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article reports extensive figures from one memo but offers no polling methodology, independent assessment or candidate responses. Its language is especially emphatic about Cassidy’s decline.
- Source diversity — The figures and interpretation are drawn from a single campaign-strategy memo.
- Counterarguments presented — No candidate responses or independent polling analysis are included.
- Loaded language — Phrases such as “free fall,” “alarming” and “whopping” heighten the account of Cassidy’s polling.
- Omitted context — The article does not supply survey methods or sample size.
The article uses emphatic language to describe Cassidy’s polling decline, but its political framing is not clearly aligned with either left or right. The emphasis is on the candidates’ relative standings rather than an ideological argument.
- Language tone — Several descriptions of Cassidy’s numbers are dramatic, but do not establish a left-right position.
- Framing — The story is framed around polling comparisons in a Republican primary.
- Source selection — The polling figures are attributed to one memo, with no evident ideological counter-framing.
A poll memo places Sen. Bill Cassidy third behind Julia Letlow and John Fleming in Louisiana’s 2026 Republican Senate primary, with both challengers also leading him in hypothetical runoff matchups. The results describe a competitive race but do not establish an election outcome.
A memo from BDPC Campaign Strategies puts Letlow at 29 percent, Fleming at 23.5 percent and Cassidy at 19.7 percent among likely primary voters, with 26.8 percent undecided. It also reports that Cassidy’s support has fallen from a February peak, while Letlow and Fleming have gained.
In hypothetical runoff matchups, the memo gives Letlow 50.2 percent to Cassidy’s 24.2 percent and Fleming 48.7 percent to Cassidy’s 26.3 percent. It reports Cassidy’s “very unfavorable” rating at 42.8 percent, compared with 15.7 percent for Letlow and 4.8 percent for Fleming. The article also says President Donald Trump had a 66.2 percent “very favorable” rating among the surveyed voters.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Letlow in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Letlow’s record.
People in this story
SWIPE →Louisiana senator seeking reelection in the Republican primary
Cassidy's version of this story ↗Louisiana treasurer and Republican Senate candidate
Fleming's version of this story ↗President, whose favorability is reported in the same survey
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