Mississippi

[jacob_101]

According to the exit polls, 81% of Mississippians who are white voted for Bush.  It's interesting that the largest percentage of African Americans choose to live among the most conservative white people.  Racism must just be horrible down there.(sarcasm)

[jacob_101]

Yes, that is true.  State/local politics is a different story.  The "Dixiecrats" are more conservative than a National Democrat.

[jacob_101]

Vorlon,

Those percentages are way different than the exit polls I have seen posted on CNN and MSNBC.  Do you havea link for that informationi?

[jacob_101]

Racial voting in MS is by far the worst in the US... if it had the same voting patterns as even Alabama it would certainly have gone for Clinton in '96 and would be a "battleground state" this year.

You assume that they vote against each others race in Mississippi.  There is no proof of that.  The deep South of America is much more religious, and much more conservative than the rest of the country.  They are naturally aligned with Republican ideals.  That is the only reason most whites vote the way they do.

[jacob_101]

Thanks Vorlon for reminding me of the FL brou haha of 2000, I nearly forgot!

Thanks for the link, much appreciated.

Jacob

[jacob_101]

The deep South of America is much more religious, and much more conservative than the rest of the country.  

... and much less educated and much less informed and much ...

I'm not arguing who is more educated than whom.  I am simply explaining why the South votes for Republicans IMHO.

Now what you say about education might be true, but obviously if you educated in a liberal school system, by liberal professors teaching from a liberal book with a liberal point of view, you will likely vote that way.  I'll take the lesser education if that is the case.  

We are talking about a war over ideals and worldview, not how much education one has.  That is a low attack.  The same thing can be said about segments of the Democratic electorate as well.

[jacob_101]

Racial voting in MS is by far the worst in the US... if it had the same voting patterns as even Alabama it would certainly have gone for Clinton in '96 and would be a "battleground state" this year.

You assume that they vote against each others race in Mississippi.  There is no proof of that.

There's plenty of proof... check out some of FairData's maps.
It's not a "nice" fact, but it's true that race determines Presidential Voting patterns in Mississippi to a frightening extent.
Both sides should do something about it, neither side will... racial gerrymandering doesn't help matters.

By no means am I arguing that there is no racial divide when it comes to voting patterns.  There is a HUGE difference between blacks and whites.

I am arguing however, that it is not a result of RACISM.  Different views of what government should be responsible for, YES.  For the record I don't agree with Gerrymandering either.

[jacob_101]

Vorlon,

If I assume the U.S. Census figures are correct, then here is the result in GA:

36% of voters were black, x.10=3.6% for BUSH
64% of voters were black, x.80=51% for BUSH

Total 55% for BUSH

If VNS is correct, then:

25% of voters were black, x.07=2% for BUSH
73% of voters were white, x.71=52% for BUSH
2% of voters were other, x.50=1% for BUSH

Total 55% for BUSH

How do you know the U.S. Census is correct on what percentage of each race voted in the election?  The VNS is at least direct polling results, however flawed they may be.  And there numbers seem more plausible in this case.