A close race between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama will draw more voters to the polls today than the last presidential primary, state officials predict.But voter turnout is still expected to be light to moderate in an election that also includes two open congressional seats and a U.S. Senate contest.
Between 125,000 to 150,000 voters will cast ballots, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann predicted. He said 100,000 headed to the polls in the 2004 presidential primary that featured eight contenders for the Democratic nomination, including ultimate nominee Sen. John Kerry. Mississippi has 1.78 million registered voters.
Sure, that represents a solid increase over the 2004 primary but look at how these estimates compare to 1988. According to CNN:
Another thing to keep an eye on is turnout. Jesse Jackson grabbed 45 percent of the vote in the Mississippi Democratic primary when he ran for the White House in 1988.Al Gore, at the time a senator from Tennessee, came in second with 33 percent of the vote. More than 359,000 people voted in that year's Democratic primary.
And that was just on the Democratic side. The 125-150k projections are for overall turnout. Will be interesting to see how the actual turnout figures shake out.
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