What Went Down In The Mississippi Senate Runoff Election

After an underwhelming performance in DeSoto County, Hyde-Smith is doing much better in Rankin County (the Jackson suburbs). She leads there 73 percent to 27 percent with 58 percent of precincts reporting.

Lee County, the home of Tupelo, hosted the president while he stumped on behalf of Hyde-Smith yesterday. About half of its precincts have reported and she leads by 33 points, similar to the GOP’s 35-point edge in the Nov. 6 vote.

The overall Espometer has fallen back down to 5.6 points. An alternative version of the Espometer based only on counties that are at least 80 percent complete with their vote count is slightly better for Espy at 6.5 points. Both are shy of what he’d need, though, barring differentially high turnout in blue counties.