Mississippi results thread

[Alcon]

Guess we should have one o' these, eh?

[Alcon]

No projection!

Obama leads - "exceptionally impressive" (what?)

[Alcon]

CNN.com projects Obama...no idea what's going on with CNN TV.

[Alcon]

CNN.com projects Obama...no idea what's going on with CNN TV.

Wolf just said they aren't calling anything yet but the "projection" from the exit polls favors Obama.

First few refreshes of CNN.com has a bar saying "CNN projects Barack Obama has won the Mississippi Democratic primary."

[Alcon]

Exit poll is up, but not loading.  Go CNN!

[Alcon]

GOP exit polls:

McCain 77%
Huckabee 13%
Paul 6%

[Alcon]

CBS exit poll:

Obama 58.4%
Clinton 40.6%

[Alcon]

Any link for CNN actual results.

Linking to the CNN web site for states doesn't work...but it's not hard to find if you go on there.

[Alcon]

"Correction: Exit polls show Obama leading Clinton in Mississippi. CNN has not projected this race."  -CNN.com

[Alcon]

CNN exit poll, finally:

Obama 58.7%
Clinton 40.7%

[Alcon]

Other notable facts:

- Among the 2/3 (!) of voters who say campaign ads were important, Obama won 64%-35%.  Clinton won the "no" group with over 60%.

- 56% say that Obama should pick Clinton as VP, and they voted more strongly for Obama than the "no" group, although both voted for him solidly.

- Clear plan for presidency: Clinton 55%, Obama 62%.

- Education levels didn't matter.  All were pretty much even.

- Among those who said gender of candidate was important, Obama did much better.  (Sexism hooray!)

- Clinton won conservative voters.

[Alcon]

- Blacks and whites, 49-49%
- Obama carries Democrats 2-to-1, independents narrowly, and Clinton carries Republicans 3-to-1

[Alcon]

CNN projects Mississippi for Obama.

Apparently they decided they have no need for vote totals.

[Alcon]

Tippah County, Mississippi

16% black
16% Obama

[Alcon]

By the way, expect slow counting.

Mississippi has one of the most archaic election counting systems in the nation.  Their certified election documents are hand-written by volunteers, nearly illegible, and riddled with errors.  I doubt that they have ever finalized a statewide election without at least one blatant mistake in adding up the polling place numbers.  In 2004, I'd say at least 1 in 5 counties had incorrect totals.

But, yeah, slow counting.

[Alcon]

Hmm.

I'll admit that I don't know Mississippi very well (and jack about Hattiesburg), but this might be a little narrower than the exit polls showed.

DeSoto is probably underreporting relative to the % they show, btw.

[Alcon]

Hmm.

I'll admit that I don't know Mississippi very well (and jack about Hattiesburg), but this might be a little narrower than the exit polls showed.

DeSoto is probably underreporting relative to the % they show, btw.

DeSoto is Memphis exurbs, right?

Yes, Southaven.  Boom area.  Clinton's 53% is actually surprisingly low, and way down from whatever it was earlier.  It is about 1/9th black.

[Alcon]

Dang, looks like obama is gonna lose Harrison Co.

Racial polarization, racial polarization, racial polarization.

More than perhaps any state in the union, 62% reporting is way too early to call a county in Mississippi.

[Alcon]

DeSoto just retracted votes.

Hehe.  Mississippi.

[Alcon]

DeSoto just retracted votes.

Hehe.  Mississippi.

You would get in big trouble if you said something to the effect of:

"African-Americans voted almost entirely for Obama.

Hehe.  Blacks."

So why is ok to be bigoted toward Mississippi?

Uh, I'm being bigoted against your horribly outdated, handwritten-and-faxed elections collection system.  I really don't know what you're talking about.

[Alcon]

Then you could've said, "Mississippi uses an inefficient system," rather than just saying "Hehe.  Mississippi."  It just shows how deep your bigotry is that you don't even pick up on it.

I thought it was pretty clear that it was a follow-up to this.  No big deal, though; I doubt you actually have read the thread, as it would take up the time you had dedicated to being needlessly offended.

[Alcon]

Of course I've read the thread, but that doesn't change the fact that you made a cheapshot remark at my state.

If you said "haha African-Americans" even in a context that you thought to be completely legitimate, you know that the black leaders would be calling for your head.

So, your argument is that if I had made fun of black people instead of Mississippi's elections system, it would have been offensive?  And therefore it is wrong to make fun of the Mississippi elections system?  Seriously.

I wasn't even making fun of Mississippi itself.  In fact, relative to most things said about Mississippi, "crappy elections system" is almost a compliment.

[Alcon]

All types of people are accepted here, people of all races, both genders, and sexual orientations.  Do not buy into what the bigots claim.

Until they make fun of your Secretary of State, in which case, sh**t's onnnnnn.

[Alcon]

Obama margin just jumped to 16 points.  Not sure why - Hinds County didn't change, from what I see.

[Alcon]

Obama margin just jumped to 16 points.  Not sure why - Hinds County didn't change, from what I see.

Yeah it did. 33% to 78%

They must have updated the % reporting before the actual totals, because last refresh had them up to 78% with Obama +10.

That makes a lot more sense.