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Mississippi Goes for Obama Big Time

Posted by Chris Bowers, Open Left at 7:54 PM on March 11, 2008.


Barack Obama takes 91% of the black vote and a 22 point lead over Hillary Clinton with 98% of the vote in.
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Obama wins Mississippi 60% to 38% with 98% of the precincts reporting.

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Two elections of national note tonight: the Mississippi Democratic presidential primary, and the special election for IN-07. The former is expected to be an easy win for Obama, while the later is expected to be a fairly easy win for Democrat Andre Carson, son of the late Julia Carson who previously held the seat.

IN-07 results can be found at Blue Indiana and the Indianapolis Star. Polls close, I believe, at 7 p.m., eastern.

For Mississippi, results can be found at the websites for most national news outlets. Polls close at 8 p.m., eastern. Also, even though the polls have not closed yet, we can already project the delegate count reasonably well (see here and here for more):

  • At-large and PLEO delegates: Of the 11 delegates determined on the statewide vote, the split will be either 7-4 or 6-5, with I believe 59.1% being the over / under line for Obama. Or at least I think that is how it works, and the at-large and PLEO are not determined separately. If they are determined separately, than 6-5 Obama is a virtual lock.
  • MS-01: Either 3-2 Clinton or 3-2 Obama, but probably 3-2 Clinton.
  • MS-02: Probably 5-2 Obama.
  • MS-03: Either 3-2 Clinton or 3-2 Obama
  • MS-04: Probably 3-2 Clinton.

Overall, that means we start with a delegate count of 17-13 in favor of Obama. Three "loose" delegates could go either way, and two of those three lean toward Clinton. While that does not seem like much to watch for, there are two interesting sub-plots. First, whoever wins two of the three "loose" delegates wins the most pledged delegates for March. Second, if Obama wins the state by more than 20,000 votes, he takes the overall popular vote lead in even the most favorable count for Clinton. A more complete count shows that Obama is already ahead.

There, don't you feel better now that I gave you the results before the polls closed? Oh yeah, and "momentum" does not matter at all here, because there are six weeks until the next primary.

This is an open thread for tonight's election results, which I will not be updating closely.

Update: OK, Carson is ahead 52%-45% with 73% reporting, so it looks like a win but not a very comfortable one. Obama is ahead 59%-39% with 78% reporting, which is right at the dividing line for a number of delegates. The delegate count currently stands at 17-14, with two delegates left to report. Obama needs both to win March, but his 60,000+ popular vote victory tonight guarantees that he is ahead in even the most pro-Clinton popular vote count.  

Update 2 2.5: Looks like the Mississippi delegate split will be 18-14, pending the results of MS-04. Without the remaining delegate from MS-04 included, the March pledged delegate total stands at 207-207. Also, Carson's lead is expanding, and now sits at 53%-44% with 77% reporting. That is good enough for me to call it, even though I can't find any news outlets who have done so.

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Chris Bowers was a full-time editor at MyDD from May 2004 until June 2007. Some of his projects have included the creation of the Liberal Blog Advertising Network, the first scientifically random poll of progressive netroots activists, the Use It Or Lose It campaign, the nation's most accurate forecast of Democratic house pickups in 2006, and the 2006 Googlebomb the Elections campaign.


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Thank you, another good night!
Posted by: foreverhope on Mar 11, 2008 8:44 PM   
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WOMEN FOR OBAMA, YES WE CAN!

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NOT TRUE!
Posted by: kwalla on Mar 11, 2008 9:37 PM   
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This was anything but a 'big time' win for Obama. Hillary did very well and Obama narrowly claimed victory in MS. Clearly this is yet another phenomenon created by the Obama personality cult that has taken over the media!

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» RE: NOT TRUE! Posted by: EncinoM
» RE: NOT TRUE? Posted by: foreverhope
Odd that when Clinton wins a plurality it was because of the Archie Bunkers...
Posted by: ABetterFuture on Mar 11, 2008 11:08 PM   
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...er, Archie Bunkers what kinnit stomach nah overtly pig-a-mented persons making decisions fortheyownself.

However, when Obama wins a state, cooler editorial heads get the nod, so to speak.

I'm not saying that one candidate is much different than the other on matters of policy. I'm saying that, as usual, observing the human tendencies of bias in this particular forum is more informative that the substance of the articles/posts.

I mean, nobody is claiming that a bunch of ignorant racist idiots struck in the Lewy Farakhan mold pulled out the win for Obama hereabouts, are they?

Congratulations: The mix is indeed in the message.

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» RE: A Matter of Emphasis Posted by: gazooks
IN update and correction
Posted by: dobka on Mar 12, 2008 10:36 AM   
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Andre Carson won 54-45%, according to the Indianapolis Star, but in the interest of accuracy, he is the late Julia Carson's grandson, not her son.

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