Obama wins Mississippi, yet Clinton may have gotten her wish

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Obama may have won Mississippi but I have a feeling the junior senator from New York may have enjoyed seeing most of her supporters wouldn't vote for the Senator of Illinois. CNN has the 411 on exit polls :

Of those who voted for Obama, 42 percent said they would be satisfied if Clinton was the nominee, according to the exit polls.

Among Clinton voters, only 16 percent said they would be satisfied if Obama wins the party's top spot.

The exit polls are based on surveys of 925 voters in Mississippi's Democratic primary.

What's interesting to me is that even with a third of the white vote, Obama beat her. Let's look at the actual exit poll numbers to see how it happened.

73% of white voters went to Clinton whereas 90% of African Americans went to Obama. When asked about the candidates' race, Obama's blackness was important to 62% of respondents. Of course, that number could be interpreted as important to vote for Obama or important to vote against him. Either way, race was a big decider in this state.

Another doozy? Bill Clinton : 74% of Obama voters felt he hurt Hillary.

Yet best news is in the overall reception of the candidates message : 55% of respondents think Hillary Clinton has a clear vision for the future compared to Obama's ... ahem ... 62%. That's right. For the guy who is supposed to be all speeches and no substance, Obama has better facts and details than Clinton.

There's many more factoids but the last one is interesting : The primaries were open, meaning that independents and republicans could vote. Well, 78% of republicans voted for Hillary, which may explain why the conservative vote skewered towards here (about 56%).

Last thing. Do you know what's amazing? Obama won across the ages. Boomers (61%), Gen Xs(63%) and Millenials (72%) all voted overwhelmingly for Obama.

Oh, and by the by : Obama also won the Texas caucuses, making him the overall winner in the state of Texas.

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