Current Mississippi Politics

Paper Summary:

This paper explains Mississippi voter demographics and voter turnout statistics. The results of the 2002 presidential election and the 2006 senatorial and house elections are related and candidates and issues for coming elections are discussed. The Republican Party, the paper concludes, has continued to gain strength in Mississippi with Haley Barbour becoming only the second Republican Mississippi governor in more than 130 years.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Median Income; Education
Partisanship: Democrat (Blue State)/Republican (Red State)
Voter Turnout
Last Presidential Election
Last Senate and House Race: 2006 General Election
U.S. Senate
First Congressional District
Second Congressional District
Third Congressional District
Fourth Congressional District
The Candidates
Senate Race
Incumbent Roger Wicker (R) and Ronnie Musgrove (D)
Roger Wicker
Ronnie Musgrove
House Race Choices: MS-1: Incumbent Travis Childers (D) and Greg Davis (R)
Particular Relevant Issues

From the Paper:

"The Democrats in Mississippi recently secured a new conservative member when Travis Childers won a special House election in a district that was long held by Republicans. According to Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi, both Democrats have socially conservative positions on such issues as gun rights and abortion, and campaigned as fiscal conservatives, prompting a member of the conservative Democratic Blue Dog Caucus, to call those efforts a mistake."

Sample of Sources Used:

• About Roger Wicker. (2008). Roger Wicker for U.S. Senate. [Online]. Available: http://www. wickerforsenate.com/about-roger.
• Current Vacancies. (2008). U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Clerk. [Online]. Available: http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/vacancies_pr.html?pr=house&vid=7.
• Hickey, Jennifer G. (2003, November 24). "GOP has Electoral Momentum." Insight on the News: 14.
• Hudson, Audrey. (2006, November 10). "House Contests Appear to Have Sparked Turnout; Numbers High, Even without Gubernatorial or Senate Races." The Washington Times: A07.
• Lengell, Sean and Donald Lambro. (2008, May 18). "Democrats Again Whistling Dixie; Special Election Wins Persuade Party the South May Not Be Solid for the GOP." The Washington Times: A01.

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