Whites and blacks were almost exactly the opposite of each other in their voting preferences. Bush won whites 85 – 14. Blacks preferred Kerry 90 – 10. Though President Bush lost the black vote by a lopsided margin, he performed better among blacks than most Republicans by several percentage points.
There weren’t many surprises in the exit polls conducted in Mississippi on Election Day, but a few things stood out. White females were among President Bush’s strongest supporters in the Magnolia State, preferring Bush to Kerry by an 89 – 10 margin. White females even edged-out white, born-again evangelical Christians, who supported Bush over Kerry 88 – 12. White males voted for Bush over Kerry by 81 to 18 percent.
Whites in Mississippi supported W in a greater percentage than anywhere. South Carolina was second I think. Big surprise eh?
I woulda never ever thought of Tennessee...lord no. Tennessee is now arguably 20-30% Yankee interlopers. Ironically, without the the Unionist mountainous eastern third, the black belt of Memphis and West TN combined with the libs of greater Nashville and Tennessee would make us a toss up.
I live here but i am a Mississippian....before,now and forever.
Actually, where the GOP made its move in Tenn is in the Nashville metro area. Kiss those Yankees on the cheek. Western Tenn, 48% Bush, Middle Tenn, the former Dem bastion, 56% Bush, Eastern Tenn, 64% Bush. You might be pretty close on Miss. 85% times 65% equals 55.25%. 3.5% more from the blacks equals around 59%, which was the Bush percentage.