Poll Shows Jindal Almost as Popular as Saban in Louisiana

The results of a statewide poll released this week show Gov. Bobby Jindal is less popular among Louisiana residents than University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban.

The poll conducted by the LSU Public Policy Research Lab asked 1,500 residents from around the state to rank — according to favorability — various people, entities, and other things generally despised by most Americans.

According to the poll, Saban, who was once burned in effigy by the management of an apartment complex near the LSU campus on the eve of an LSU-Alabama football game, has a higher favorability rating among Louisianians than the sitting governor of the state.

“Saban hasn’t even come close to decimating LSU like the governor has since taking office.”

Veteran political consultant Roy Fletcher said he’s not surprised by the poll’s findings.

“Saban has held his current job one year longer than Jindal has held his,” Fletcher explained, “yet despite his reputation as a Tiger killer, in eight seasons, Saban hasn’t even come close to decimating LSU like the governor has since taking office.”

Fletcher said the poll shows Louisianians see the Crimson Tide’s habitual raiding of Louisiana’s top high school football prospects as just slightly less enraging than the Jindal administration raiding hundreds of millions of dollars from the state’s higher education budget.

Other people and things having a higher favorability rating than both Jindal and Saban among state residents include telemarketers, hurricanes, AT&T customer service, the Atlanta Falcons, and Ebola.

In fact, the poll shows the only thing seen as less favorable than Jindal in the Bayou State is the terrorist group ISIS.