Want to depress yourself further? Look at Southern precinct results!

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lily-white != racist

There were parts of Northern Missouri (Putnam County) where Obama ran behind Kerry. Some of those counties just happened to be areas where African-Americans were either run out or kept out.

Some of those sundown counties did swing towards McCain too.

My first attempt to get Mississippi County, MO precinct results probably failed, but Charleston, MO has four interesting census blocks that border each other in the middle (four corners)

The NW corner block: 1108 people, 55% black (604)
The SW corner block: 1443 people, 87% black (1254)
The SE corner block: 1048 people, 30% black (310)
The NE corner block: 1334 people, 3% black (38)

I do have the 95/96 Missouri Blue Book. In Mississippi County, John Ashcroft defeated Alan Wheat by the total of 2238 to 1312. Wheat won South Charleston by a 279-201 margin, and lost North Charleston by a 483-254 margin. Wheat lost every other precinct in Mississippi County except Wilson City (32-1 Wheat).

Scott County borders Mississippi County. In 1994, Ashcroft won Scott County 8095 to 3859. Wheat won two precincts by the total of 151-3 in one, and 37-2 in another (Haywood City). The 151-2 precinct probably included all of the three census blocks that made up half of Scott County's African-American population.

Scott County's 2008 results are out, and the same two Precincts went to Obama, and McCain won everything else.

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Magnolia, Arkansas (Columbia County)

Magnolia North: McCain 162 (80.20%), Obama 36 (17.82%)
Magnolia Northwest: McCain 264 (86.56%), Obama 39 (12.79%)
Magnolia South: McCain 126 (47.73%), Obama 133 (50.38%)
Magnolia Southwest: McCain 142 (71.36%), Obama 54 (27.14%)
Magnolia East: McCain 153 (73.56%), Obama 51 (24.52%)
Magnolia Ward 1: McCain 232 (54.85%), Obama 182 (43.03%)
Magnolia Ward 2: McCain 48 (16.16%), Obama 247 (83.16%)
Magnolia Ward 3: McCain 334 (71.67%), Obama 126 (27.04%)
Magnolia Ward 4: McCain 348 (77.16%), Obama 93 (20.62%)

In case you were unsure.. Southern Magnolia is majority African-American, and most of the rest of the city isn't.