The midterm elections in the South were to a large extent a demand from Black Americans to restore and expand on what was destroyed by Republicans on the court and in Congress. The Deep South could be the next battleground in a new Southern strategy
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Black voters made up a larger share of the electorate than in 2024, helping to (maybe) flip a Senate seat in Mississippi
The coalition that won is the broadest left-center coalition in nearly twenty years. Nationally, it wasn't even close. This time, the left has truly come out of the closet, with democratic socialists establishing themselves as a legitimate part.
Mississippi, the blackest state masquerading as a deep red state, has an opportunity to change course. In the race for U.S. Senate, Scott Colom, a Black Democrat, has a chance to unseat Cindy Hyde-Smith. And what a wondrous thing it would be.
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