[Hoodat]

For the Excel addicts, here's some numbers from the runoff election. The last two column show the percentage point increase from the primary and the vote total increase from the primary for Cochran:

County	Cochran	McDaniel	Coch%	McDan %	Coch % Inc	Coch Tot Inc
Adams	1917	1485	56.3	43.7	1.3	159
Alcorn	1855	1842	50.2	49.8	-2.5	-125
Amite	680	1262	35	65	-3	-202
Attala	979	1154	45.9	54.1	-0.5	-41
Benton	261	401	39.4	60.6	-8.4	-120
Bolivar	1877	734	71.9	28.1	3.3	454
Calhoun	944	749	55.8	44.2	1	59
Carroll	926	829	52.8	47.2	-1.1	-7
Chickasaw	798	721	52.5	47.5	-2.5	-54
Choctaw	650	641	50.3	49.7	2.3	55
Claiborne	283	108	72.4	27.6	13.4	126
Clarke	936	1518	38.1	61.9	-4.5	-263
Clay	1386	766	64.4	35.6	0.6	152
Coahoma	1050	345	75.3	24.7	8.1	392
Copiah	1760	1419	55.4	44.6	3.7	255
Covington	812	2115	27.7	72.3	0.1	-178
DeSoto	5977	13664	30.4	69.6	-5.9	-3783
Forrest	5345	5574	49	51	3.9	720
Franklin	633	746	45.9	54.1	2.9	53
George	967	2410	28.6	71.4	-7.1	-456
Greene	389	1117	25.8	74.2	-4	-163
Grenada	1254	1270	49.7	50.3	1.5	51
Hancock	3100	3301	48.4	51.6	-4.6	-611
Harrison	14203	10355	57.8	42.2	-0.2	215
Hinds	17949	6964	72	28	6	5678
Holmes	668	296	69.3	30.7	10.6	264
Humphreys	811	214	79.1	20.9	10.8	387
Issaquena	127	50	71.8	28.2	0.4	22
Itawamba	1536	1636	48.4	51.6	-0.3	-32
Jackson	10311	10004	50.8	49.2	1.6	603
Jasper	855	1932	30.7	69.3	2.8	-62
Jeff Davis	546	760	41.8	58.2	2.2	14
Jefferson	321	111	74.3	25.7	18.3	184
Jones	2764	12640	17.9	82.1	3.8	-667
Kemper	486	429	53.1	46.9	-2.2	-23
Lafayette	3926	1935	67	33	2.1	711
Lamar	4450	6391	41	59	0.7	-29
Lauderdale	6163	4763	56.4	43.6	0.4	338
Lawrence	904	940	49	51	0.4	8
Leake	1059	979	52	48	-1.7	-42
Lee	6363	4666	57.7	42.3	0.3	386
Leflore	1541	413	78.9	21.1	3.6	346
Lincoln	3021	2186	58	42	3.1	403
Lowndes	3973	2668	59.8	40.2	0.1	263
Madison	11693	6493	64.3	35.7	2.7	1785
Marion	1333	2725	32.8	67.2	-1.4	-300
Marshall	1029	1938	34.7	65.3	-6.6	-545
Monroe	2260	1922	54	46	1.4	154
Montgomery	586	563	51	49	0.8	19
Neshoba	1900	1605	54.2	45.8	1.2	123
Newton	1453	1578	47.9	52.1	-3.4	-195
Noxubee	401	302	57	43	1.8	35
Oktibbeha	3704	1516	71	29	3.9	788
Panola	1345	1730	43.7	56.3	-8	-464
Pearl River	2136	5758	27.1	72.9	-4.6	-1144
Perry	667	1385	32.5	67.5	-4.5	-227
Pike	2336	2046	53.3	46.7	1.9	189
Pontotoc	2207	1895	53.8	46.2	1.6	162
Prentiss	1080	904	54.4	45.6	-1.2	-8
Quitman	326	173	65.3	34.7	2.8	67
Rankin	14902	13374	52.7	47.3	1.9	1141
Scott	1289	1358	48.7	51.3	-1.6	-80
Sharkey	557	115	82.9	17.1	4.1	208
Simpson	1927	1688	53.3	46.7	1	90
Smith	901	1997	31.1	68.9	0.3	-101
Stone	1251	1509	45.3	54.7	-1.8	-105
Sunflower	1186	428	73.5	26.5	5.2	345
Tallahatchie	588	330	64.1	35.9	-0.5	54
Tate	1185	2252	34.5	65.5	-4.2	-471
Tippah	1243	1518	45	55	-5.3	-288
Tishomingo	1042	1101	48.6	51.4	0.7	14
Tunica	363	121	75	25	1.8	93
Union	2043	1618	55.8	44.2	-1.2	27
Walthall	815	935	46.6	53.4	-2	-80
Warren	3128	2197	58.7	41.3	4	507
Washington	2345	844	73.5	26.5	2.9	652
Wayne	766	2422	24	76	2.1	-139
Webster	870	923	48.5	51.5	-3.3	-110
Wilkinson	212	294	41.9	58.1	-1.9	-37
Winston	1263	1012	55.5	44.5	0.1	73
Yalobusha	719	659	52.2	47.8	0.6	25
Yazoo	1701	1084	61.1	38.9	5.5	382

[Hoodat]

For the six counties showing the greatest percentage point gain for Cochran, Democrat voters made up at least 45% of the primary totals in each county:

County	Dem % (Tot Primary)	Coch % Inc	Coch Tot Inc
Jefferson	78.8	18.3	184
Claiborne	74.2	13.4	126
Humphreys	54.1	10.8	387
Holmes	67.4	10.6	264
Coahoma	54.8	8.1	392
Hinds	45.4	6	5678

These six counties alone produced a 7,000-vote gain for Cochran in the run-off. These six counties showed a total of 18,500 Democrat votes in the earlier primary.

[Theodore R.]

Isn’t Yazoo Barbour’s bailiwick?