![]() ![]() ![]() Voting became even more polarized: nine in ten Whites voted Republican, and nearly all African-Americans voted Democratic in Mississippi, according to exit polls. In contrast, McCain's margins came from the regions bordering the Gulf Coast, the northeast Appalachian area and the Jackson and Memphis suburbs. Obama's main support was in the western delta counties next to the Mississippi River. In 2008, Barack Obama was able to improve on Kerry's performance by six percent, mainly due to the higher African American turnout. Indeed, the state was last seriously contested in 1980. Due to its status as a safe red state, little campaigning took place in Mississippi by either of the two major party candidates. ![]() The last Democratic presidential nominee to win Mississippi was Jimmy Carter in 1976, even then, he only won it by 1.9 points. The Republican trend accelerated in the late 1970s with the rise of the religious right, which appealed to its status as a Bible Belt state. White Democrats began splitting their tickets in national elections as early as the 1940s when the national party became more friendly to the Civil Rights Movement, culminating when Barry Goldwater carried the state with a staggering 87 percent of the vote in 1964. In 2004, 14% of Caucasians voted for John Kerry and 10% of African Americans voted for Bush, according to exit polling. African Americans uniformly vote Democratic while Whites vote Republican nearly as uniformly. Mississippi is one of the most racially polarized states in presidential elections. McCain and his interest groups spent $139,999. John McCain raised a total of $1,386,749 in the state. The final 3 polls average gave the Republican a lead of 51% to 39%. McCain won every single pre-election poll, each with at least 50% of the vote with the exception of the one of them. Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2008: Mississippi Here are their last predictions before election day: There were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. While there was comparably high African American turnout compared to previous elections in Mississippi and Obama performed significantly better than Kerry in 2004, it was not enough to overcome the state's strong Republican leanings. Although the state has the largest African American percentage in the country, Mississippi remains a safe red state at the presidential level, having voted Republican every election year since 1980. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a red state. Mississippi was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 13.17% margin of victory. Voters chose 6 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The 2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. ![]()
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