Republican landslide projected ahead of Mississippi elections

[jpak]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/02/us-mississippi-election-idUSKCN0SR1WP20151102

Mississippi's Republican governor, Phil Bryant, appears poised for a landslide re-election victory this week along with other incumbents from his party, according to an opinion poll, reflecting the strength of conservatives in the Deep South state.

Bryant, who is seeking a second term, faces a little-known challenger in truck driver Robert Gray, the surprise victor of a Democratic primary in which he did not spend money or seriously campaign. Gray's name was first on the ballot, and his victory was viewed by many analysts as indicative of the sorry state of the Mississippi Democratic Party.

Ahead of Tuesday's general election, Bryant has the support of 66 percent of likely voters surveyed by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research late last month, compared with 28 percent for Gray.

The state's incumbent lieutenant governor and secretary of state, both Republicans, also led by wide margins, leading pollsters to predict that all were headed for "landslide wins."

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How many will show up on HoodsOff?

[hollysmom]

1. As a donor state, I say, fine, be like that,

but don't take anymore of my money.

[onehandle]

2. The land of never ending 1864. nt

[ruffburr]

3. More indicative of -

The sorry state of education in Mississippi , For that matter all southern states , Where Critical Thinking is listed as an extinct art

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. President Obama won Florida twice

[KamaAina]

6. And President Gore once

That being said, one of the many weird things about Florida is that it becomes less stereotypically southern the farther south you go, as more and more of the residents are Northeastern or Midwestern transplants.

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. Lots of Cubans, Haitians and Jamaicans too

[malaise]

8. Not just Jamaicans

Trinidadians and Guyanese also vote Democratic and there are more than a few in Florida

[KamaAina]

5. I wish there were such a thing as a real Republican landslide.

But Mississippi would hardly be the place for it, as it has no mountains.

[WI_DEM]

9. Dems have a good shot in KY & LA Gov races.