MO shame
Yesterday, Missouri was called for Sen. McCain. He has won Missouri 1,445,812 to 1,442,180; a margin of 3,632 or 0.126%. When taken at face value, it appears Sen. Obama made up a lot of ground compared to the previous Democratic presidential nominee who lost by 8%. However, when compared to the results of this year’s Missouri gubernatorial race where Democrat Jay Nixon defeated Republican Kenny Hulshof 1,680,611 to 1,136,363, a margin of over 19%, one has to wonder about the origin of the discrepancy between the two sets of results. Nixon and Obama campaigned together in Missouri. The policy positions of Nixon and Obama are not that different, even on social issues which can turn an election in socially conservative Missouri. Was race a determining factor in the rural parts of Missouri?
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November 22nd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Missour-ah (as Grandpa Simpson would call it) is now tied with New Mexico as the foremost predictor of presidential outcomes.
November 25th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Was race a determining factor in the rural parts of Missouri?
Absolutely.
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
MO is known for being discriminating and voting on people rather than down a party line. Maybe voters trusted a known quantity in Nixon over an unknown one in Obama.
I haven’t heard cries of racism in California’s voting results, though voting Democrat nationally while passing a supposedly conservative state constitutional amendment. Aren’t MO voters allowed to have a nuanced political stance?
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Was race a determining factor in the urban parts of Missouri?
Absolutely.
– There, fixed that for you.
December 29th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
How could we tease apart if race was a factor? Were there any other african american candidates on the ticket?
I tend to give MO the benefit of the doubt and assume that they were voting for the known candidates of Nixson and McCain as opposed to voting along racial lines.