As much as North Carolina or Texas are referred to as white whales for the Democrats, I argue that Mississippi belongs there, too. Unlike the other two, however, it doesn’t capture the popular imagination in the same way. Perhaps it is the history of the Confederacy, or the legacy of Jim Crow, or the disdain of coastal elites that push Mississippi to bo…
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