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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou
Last I checked (within the last 3-4 years, I'm pretty sure,) Mississippi had the highest percentage of black population in the country. It was somewhere north of 35% iirc. And then there are the three white Democrats there.  |
Yes, it's 37.3%, which is the highest in the country.
Making assumptions about turnout being equal, which probably isn't the case...
In 2012, Romney had 674,302 votes and Obama 528,260 (R +12%).
Exit polls showed white voters favored Romney 89%-10% and black voters favored Obama 96%-4%.
So, assuming 754,006 white voters, seems like you'd find about 75,000 white Democrats in the state. However, the exit polls also asked what each voter thought of Romney, and half of that 75,000 answered, "Romney? I thought I was voting for George Wallace... how's ol' George doing these days?"
Meanwhile, this Trump campaign stuff is getting truly disturbing. Not that it wasn't before. If he doesn't start declining severely in the polls, it's definitely an indication that people are flat-out furious at Washington.
I still think this is only temporary and when it gets time to actually vote, Trump will be an afterthought.