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Obama Wins Mississippi; Candidates Head to Pennsylvania
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Jen Chung
Published Mar 12, 2008
Modified Mar 12, 2008
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Top photograph of Obama in Greenville, Mississippi yesterday by Alex Brandon/AP; lower photograph of Clinton at Temple University in Philadelphia by Carolyn Kaster/AP
Barack Obama is projected to win the Mississippi primary, with about 59% of the vote to Hillary Clinton's 39%. He will earn at least 6 of the state's 40 delegates, with the final split still to be determined.
In what the AP called another "racially polarized presidential" contest, Obama won 91% of the black vote (black voters make up 70% of registered Democrats; Mississippi's black population is 36%). The white vote was split 21% to Obama, 72% to Clinton. Another interesting stat: 60% of voters disapproved of Clinton's attack ads. [Related: Ferraro commented about the controversy surrounding her remarks on Obama's popularity being due to his race.]
Now, the two Democratic presidential candidates will be fighting for a lion's share of Pennsylvania's 188 delegates. The Pennsylvania primary is on April 22 - it's going to be a long couple of weeks! Maybe they'll figure out what to do about Florida; apparently Florida Democrats are working on a plan for a mail-in primary that may be ready for the Democratic National Committee by the end of the week.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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