Siège au sénat: on vote au Mississippi

Les Démocrates effectuent une dernière poussée auprès des électeurs noirs pour tenter de faire élire celui qui deviendrait le premier sénateur noir depuis l'époque de la Reconstruction après la guerre de Sécession. Mike Espy est cependant à la traîne dans les sondages malgré les nombreuses déclarations controversées de son opposante Cindy Hyde-Smith.

 "The Democratic candidate, Mike Espy, faces steep odds as he seeks to become the first black senator from deeply conservative Mississippi since just after the Civil War. The state’s long struggle with racism has emerged as an unavoidable theme, with two nooses found outside the state Capitol on Monday morning.

But African Americans make up a larger share of the electorate here than they do in any other state, and in recent days, Espy and groups backing him have flooded the state with volunteers, radio ads and social media posts — seeking out potential voters in churches and on historically black college campuses."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/us/politics/cindy-hyde-smith-mike-espy-mississippi.html