08-17-2016, 10:26 AM
One of my contributions on another forum. Mississippi will not vote for Hillary Clinton, but that is the least of its problems.
Mississippi -- by a Republican pollster, so take heed of that. As the old saying goes, beggars can't be choosers.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/20...081616.pdf
Trump - 54%
Clinton - 39%
Trump - 52%
Clinton - 39%
Johnson - 3%
Stein - 0%
Probably close to the racial divide.
Mississippi recently had the highest rate of convictions of politicians for corruption in America, probably reflecting the political culture. The Mississippi Democratic Party is basically the Black People's Party and the Republican Party is basically the White People's Party, and people vote close to the ethnic divide. This allows big-city machine-boss politics even in hick towns and the flourishing of patronage.
So what do people usually do with a corrupt or incompetent politician when he is up for re-election? If he can't be defeated in a primary challenge. then the solution is to vote for the fellow from the other party. So if you are white and have a corrupt or incompetent white Republican mayor, you would reasonably vote for a black Democrat who promises reform, right? (Invert "black" and "white" for the obvious extension). Not in Mississippi, though, where people seem to vote "race".
Wrong. The crooks get entrenched, so the cronyism survives. Is it any surprise that the government vehicles, all purchased without haggling or bidding, come from a dealership owned by a relative of the politician?
...I am guessing that unlike Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Texas, Mississippi has little economic activity that attracts educated Northerners who might swing away from the GOP this year even if white. This is the state in which a college education is least valuable. Mississippi will be one of the most Republican-voting states this year.
Mississippi -- by a Republican pollster, so take heed of that. As the old saying goes, beggars can't be choosers.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/20...081616.pdf
Trump - 54%
Clinton - 39%
Trump - 52%
Clinton - 39%
Johnson - 3%
Stein - 0%
Probably close to the racial divide.
Mississippi recently had the highest rate of convictions of politicians for corruption in America, probably reflecting the political culture. The Mississippi Democratic Party is basically the Black People's Party and the Republican Party is basically the White People's Party, and people vote close to the ethnic divide. This allows big-city machine-boss politics even in hick towns and the flourishing of patronage.
So what do people usually do with a corrupt or incompetent politician when he is up for re-election? If he can't be defeated in a primary challenge. then the solution is to vote for the fellow from the other party. So if you are white and have a corrupt or incompetent white Republican mayor, you would reasonably vote for a black Democrat who promises reform, right? (Invert "black" and "white" for the obvious extension). Not in Mississippi, though, where people seem to vote "race".
Wrong. The crooks get entrenched, so the cronyism survives. Is it any surprise that the government vehicles, all purchased without haggling or bidding, come from a dealership owned by a relative of the politician?
...I am guessing that unlike Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Texas, Mississippi has little economic activity that attracts educated Northerners who might swing away from the GOP this year even if white. This is the state in which a college education is least valuable. Mississippi will be one of the most Republican-voting states this year.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.