Got it, IOW Mississippi IS an "open primary" State. That's bad.
With as far ahead as Childers was in the Slave Party primary, I would expect the number the turnout to have been low and therefore the number of Democrat voters available to defeat McDaniel to be substantial. That means a well organized drive on their part would be able to take out McDaniel no matter what we do. Hence my question.
I hate this "open primary" crap.
I don’t have a problem with open primaries. However, I have a BIG problem with taking the people who didn’t show up to vote in the primary or general election and allowing them to vote in a runoff. That’s not how we do it in Georgia. Here, they get a list of everyone who voted in the general (or each primary) and use those as the eligible lists for the runoff.