What Went Down In The Mississippi Senate Runoff Election

With 100 percent reporting in DeSoto, Hyde-Smith wins it 59 percent to 41 percent, down from the 65-35 Republican advantage on Nov. 6. GOP turnout was 78 percent of Round 1, while Democratic turnout was 99 percent. It looks like Espy is holding on to all his votes from Round 1, while plenty of McDaniel voters didn’t show up for Hyde-Smith tonight. But that’s OK for Hyde-Smith, since she got more votes than Espy in Round 1 anyway.

This race also doesn’t seem to have revealed all too much about politics changing in Mississippi. You could argue that Beto O’Rourke’s and Stacey Abrams’s over-performances previewed the beginning of Texas and Georgia turning purple — and, by generating voter enthusiasm and turnout that resulted in traditionally Republican suburban House districts flipping. But the statewide implications of Espy’s over-performance are less clear. We’ve learned that Mississippi is still very Republican, but I think we already knew that.

Two, Micah. Not including pre-Nov. 6 polling.