mississippi, with its heavily african american population, gave barack obama a large victory over hillary clinton by an almost two-to-one margin. according to exit polls, 50 percent of voters in the mississippi democratic primary were african americans and they opted for obama by a margin of 92-8 compared to the 48 percent of caucasian voters who backed clinton by a margin of 70-26. obama won all age groups, educational attainment levels and socioeconomic classes in mississippi except senior citizens aged 65 and over who backed clinton by a margin of 55-43. obama won moderates and liberals, as well as self-identified democrats by a margin of 67-30 and independents by a 53-43 percent margin of victory. clinton won conservatives and self-identified republicans by a margin of 75-25. obama also swept most major religious denominations – other christians went for obama 70-29; other religions 80-20; and atheists/agnostics 80-20 while clinton won protestants 56-39 and roman catholics 54-42.