Only 42 percent of those surveyed said that it wouldn’t be a factor. Black Mississippians voted for it to be minor or not at all, with 51 percent saying it wouldn’t be a factor. 21% of black voters thought it would be a major and 13% said it would one of several major factors. The poll was conducted from Oct. 8 to Tuesday and did not ask registered voters if Trump’s endorsement would affect their decision to vote in favor of Republican Reeves or Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood for the Nov. 5 general elections.
Hood is outstripping Hood by 47-40 in the online poll. Independent David Singletary has 7 percent, while Constitution Party candidate Bob Hickingbottom holds 2 percent. The remaining 3 percent did not respond. Reeves has a wider lead in this poll than he did in previous polls. Hood released recent results from Hickman Analytics, his campaign pollster. They showed that Hood has a 46-42 lead. Reeves had a 46-43 lead in a Mason-Dixon poll. Targoz Market Research had Reeves up 1 percent. A NBC News/Survey Monkey poll in July showed Hood trailing by double digits both of the leading Republican candidates – Reeves, and former chief justice of the state Supreme Court, Bill Waller Jr. Reeves defeated Waller in the party primary runoff election. Waller decided not to endorse Reeves after the contentious election. The Hood campaign stated in July that Survey Monkey was “a monkey business.” Survey Monkey ranks eighth in the country among 396 polling companies rated by authoritative 538 website. For the past two years, we have been rising in the polls. There are undercurrents we haven’t seen in many decades. “We are seeing undercurrents that haven’t been seen in decades, such as large blocks of voters, including supervisors, county and municipal elected officials, teachers and superintendents of education. He also cares about Election Day. However, Reeves said that recent polls do indicate that he has the momentum. According to a NBC News/Survey Monkey poll, Trump’s job performance was strongly praised by 42 percent of Mississippians while only 15 percent approve. However, 56% oppose Trump’s impeachment and his removal from office. This means that only 1% of those who approve of Trump should be removed. 72% of African American voters disapprove the president’s job, while 9 percent are somewhat disapprove. These results indicate that black voters would not consider Trump’s endorsement to be a factor in their decision to vote. Robert Johnson, D.Natchez State Representative, is a member the Legislative Black Caucus. He recently claimed that a Trump visit in Mississippi for Reeves would increase African Americans’ voter turnout for Hood. He stated that Trump’s idea of a “fire up” for Tate Reeves’ base would be a great way to ignite the community. Trump will host a rally in Tupelo with Reeves on November 1. A total of 30 percent stated that race relations in Mississippi have improved, 27 percent said they were worse, and 42 percent said that things are the same. 41% of black Mississippians said that they are getting worse. Three-quarters of the respondents said they are getting worse, while 19 percent said that their situation is improving. Survey Money is an online surveyster. The poll is based upon a sample of 1,002 registered voters who take surveys on Survey Money every day. Click here to see the full methodology and results.