Mick Hartley

Did Obama's election mark some kind of sea change in US attitudes to race? Not for Mississippi Republicans (via):

We asked voters on this poll whether they think interracial marriage should be legal or illegal- 46% of Mississippi Republicans said it should be illegal to just 40% who think it should be legal. For the most part there aren't any huge divides in how voters view the candidates or who they support for the nomination based on their attitudes about interracial marriage but there are a few exceptions.

Read on for breakdown according to favoured candidate. Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee supporters are generally more likely to want interracial marriage made illegal.

Yes, that's illegal, as in against the law. Now. In the US.