You make too much sense. A lot of it has to do with the state in question, in this case, MO.
Another poster said something I have noticed since coming to live in the South: voters here may be somewhat more socially conservative, but economically, they’re very leftist and really like the idea of big government and its handouts. And this is true not only of the black voters, although it may be particularly true among them, but of a lot of the rural white voters as well.
Sorry, I wasn’t very clear. The original poster that I cited had lived in MO and was commenting on the situation there.
In 2008 Obama and Hillary were neck in neck in the primaries but after Super Tues it was clear that whites much preferred Hillary. When she won TX, OH, and then PA, panic set in. By May BO had to win either the IN or NC primary or the super delegates would begin to abandon him. He lost IN, but won NC because enough Republicans didn’t strategically vote for Hillary in the NC primary. I lived in NC and was tempted, but chose not to. I regret that now.