Polls show Mike Espy doing better with white voters than most Democrats in MS-SEN special. Could many of these voters be coming from rural northern MS?
Probably they don't know Espy is black yet.
Lol. But on a more serious note, when Espy first ran for and during his years as a Representative in the House for MS-02 he actually pulled off some very impressive numbers among white voters. I’m gonna have to find that link again. There are likely quite a few who remember Espy’s time in office and/or just familiar with seeing him on law firm commercials.
In conclusion, his past performance just shows us that it’s not impossible for a black Democrat to do decently (by Mississippi’s standards, ofc) with whites and ultimately win statewide one day, but it’ll obviously come with hurdles in the way.
