Mississippian Politics

In Mississippi, 1st vote for GOP for President:

Barry Goldwater, 1964

In Mississippi, 1st vote for GOP for Governor:

Kirk Fordice, 1991

In Mississippi, 1st vote for GOP for member of Congress:

Prentice Walker, 1964

In Mississippi, the 1st vote for GOP for Senator:

Thad Cochran, 1978.

This Mississippi man was renominated for the Senate:

Thad Cochran, 2016

In Mississippi, they flip the legislature in _______

2011

Last Democratic statewide official unsuccessfully ran for governor in _______

2019

Mississippi voted for third party candidates in what years?

1948, 1960, 1968

In 1948, Mississippi voted for ________

Strom Thurmond

In 1960, Mississippi voted for ________ with some faithless electors voting for _______

JFK, Harry Byrd

In 1968, Mississippi voted for ________

George Wallace

Mississippi was the last state with a ________________

majority african-american population

The Black Majority within Mississippi ended in _____

1940

Much of Mississippi politics revolves around the _________

racial threat hypothesis

Senate refuses to seat Mississippian ___________ because of his racist campaign

Theodore Bilbo

_________ as Senate Judiciary Chair gets _______ on the federal bench in MS

James Eastland, conservatives

Mississippi's reaction to desegregation included violence at ______

Ole Miss

In reaction to desegregation, the lynching of ___________ in Mississippi was a massive outcry

Emmett Till

The Assassination of NAACP leader ___________ occurred in Mississippi

Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers was the _____________

NAACP leader who was assassinated

Mississippi Freedom Summer of '64 had freedom schools come to Mississippi to __________

teach people to read and write for literacy tests

In 1964, the ____________ was created by blacks to support President Johnson and challenged the seating of the DNC

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Fanny Lou Hamer helped found the _________

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Mississippi was the last state to begin _____________

desegregating its public schools

In Mississippi, ____________ were founded to protest Brown v. Board

White Citizens Councils

1st African-American of the Mississippi legislature:

Robert Clark, 1967

1st African-American congressman from Mississippi:

Mike Espy, 1986

Mississippian congressman Mike Espy was elected to Congress from the ________

Delta

Mississippi has more ______________ than any other state

black elected officials

Percent African American: 1890 =

57%

Percent African American: 1940 =

49.2%

Percent African American: 2020 =

38%

Coverage by Section 5?

yes

In Mississippi, there is a 3/5 vote needed for __________

revenue bills

Legislative parties did not caucus until _________

2011

In Mississippi, there is a tradition of members of both parties _______________

chairing committees

In Mississippi, the power of the governor is extremely __________

weak

In Mississippi, the Governor is described as the _________

chief observer

In Mississippi, there are _ executives elected statewide

7

Governors of Mississippi are limited to ___________

2 4-year-terms

In _______ legislation enforcing the separation of powers was enacted, ending tradition of _______ also holding positions in the _______

1984, legislators, executive branch

Mississippi is the ________ state; therefore, it has to innovate to ________, especially because it requires a 3/5 to do so.

poorest, raise revenue

Mississippi pioneered state ________ to attract ________

bonds, industry

Mississippi was the First state to have a statewide ___________

sales tax

___________ is a major revenue source along the Mississippi river

Gambling

Mississippi has led efforts to get tobacco companies to pay for _____________

healthcare costs of smokers

Mississippi is home to the ____________ in the U.S.

largest prison

The Largest prison in the US, located in Mississippi, is ___________

Parchman prison

Mississippi has Separate courts of ______________

law and equity

Mississippi suffers from a _____________ with a loss during 2010s

population stagnation

The last time Mississippi voted Democrat in a Presidential election was:

1976 for Jimmy Carter

In Mississippi, Country Governments are based on _____________ still dominated by the _________ party

5 person committees, democratic

During Reconstruction, the 1st two ____________ of the US were from MS

black senators

Since 1876, voter turnout in Mississippi was not paralleled for ____ generations

3

In Mississippi, The ______________ was the model for all other Southern States

1890 State Constitution

Mississippi was the first state to introduce a _________, requiring voters to _______

primary, read

Mississippi has the highest number of __________ in the US

lynchings

The Freedom Summer of 1964 resulted in the killing of ______

2 white northerners and 1 black local

Emmett Till's funeral had an __________

open casket

Mississippi ___________ served as a secret police that reported on people pushing for change

state sovereign commission

In 1968, the _________ becomes the dominant Democratic party within Mississippi

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

The current number of black state legislators is ______ in the US

second

___________ was the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated _______

James Meredith, Ole Miss

The only district with an elected black democrat in years is the __________

2nd district, the MS Delta

Ole Miss' mascot has been changed from the _______ to the _______

Rebel, Landshark

Mississippi's flag has changed from ________ to the __________

Confederate symbolism, Magnolias with "In God We Trust"

Mississippi was the last state to delegalize _________ due to ______________

prohibition, moonshiners and religious

The Mississippi _________ was very convincing in legalizing alcohol once again

Whiskey Speech

The state legislature is extremely _______ in MS

powerful

The last Democratic governor of Mississippi was elected in ______

2000

In 1999, neither Republican Michael Parker nor Democrat _________ won a majority of the vote. This resulted in the ______________ electing the _________ governor of MS as of today.

Ronnie Musgrove, democratic state house, last democratic

According to a 1990 Census, ____ of Mississippians were in poverty

1/3

Gambling takes place in Mississippi in ______ and _____

Casinos, steamboats

Mississippi is the most _______, ________, and ________ state in the nation

fattest, baptist, rural

The _____________ has harmed Mississippi's economy

declining population

Mississippi was the last state to have their judicial system institute _____ and hire a _________

parole, chronologist

Mississippi was the first state to allow _________ in prisons

conjugal visists

Mississippi was the last state to have ______________

public executions

The Current governor of Mississippi is:

Tate Reeves (R)