Great realignment of state’s political power
Is this the year of the Great Realignment of the state’s political power, the conversion of Mississippi from a one-party Democratic state to a one-party Republican state?
Based on Mississippi’s political history, you would think such a question outrageous. No longer. In fact, maybe the conversion has already happened and just wasn’t denoted as a political landmark.
Those of us who watch for political transitions and have written about them have over the years concentrated on tracking Mississippi’s transition into a two-party state, in itself a worthy subject for history books. But now, we’re talking about the epicenter of Mississippi’s political power having shifted one notch to the right, into Republican control. That’s a long way from the old joke that the state Republican convention could be held in a telephone booth.
Bill Minor
6/22/11
