tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022870233828800631.post7102960809734056243..comments2023-07-18T11:43:27.887-05:00Comments on Jim Craig's World is moving to . . . Ipse Blogit: Interesting census projection analysis by Dr. Marty WisemanJim Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13414789047570011778noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022870233828800631.post-33663662078325707152009-06-16T14:44:00.686-05:002009-06-16T14:44:00.686-05:00C'mon Jim. Get real. The Hispanic population...C'mon Jim. Get real. The Hispanic population in 2008 is pegged at 1.5% in Madison County and 1.9% in Rankin. You'll be dead and gone before they've got the numbers to even ever-so-slightly budge the needle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022870233828800631.post-3893162677283531702009-06-16T13:44:49.027-05:002009-06-16T13:44:49.027-05:00Matt, your basic concept is correct. Mike Murphy,...Matt, your basic concept is correct. Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist, wrote for TIME magazine this week that demographic change is altering the geography of what used to be considered GOP "strongholds." His <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1904136,00.html" rel="nofollow">essay</a> is excellent reading. <br /><br />Madison and Rankin County may be Republican country today, or even tomorrow, but watch for the libertarian attitudes of Generation Next to clash with the social conservatism of the Mississippi GOP. Also, don't be surprised if areas of Rankin and Madison County become home to Hispanics working in the poultry trade.Jim Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13414789047570011778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022870233828800631.post-62048821384161975362009-06-16T09:36:06.519-05:002009-06-16T09:36:06.519-05:00Wiseman is certainly right about DeSoto County.Wiseman is certainly right about DeSoto County.nmisscommenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02456489528258680258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022870233828800631.post-38694075301552349992009-06-16T07:05:47.111-05:002009-06-16T07:05:47.111-05:00In at least the last 3 statewide elections Madison...In at least the last 3 statewide elections Madison + Rankin have cancelled out Hinds and put net votes into the columns of GOP candidates. The city of Jackson is on track to lose at least another 12,200 in population (HindsCo will lose -3900) this decade which will make the effect even more pronounced. Wiseman's intuition is more likely the scenario that will play out than your own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com