Debate over the Miss. state flag, Neshoba County fair

8:58 PM CDT Jul 29, 2015

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. —The Neshoba County fair is a hotbed for political discussions, including where the candidates and voters stand on the Mississippi state flag and the Confederate emblem ...

“It's a big issue in the campaign right now, but I have no comment,” Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler said ...

Meridian Mayor Percy Bland said, “I think it is still offensive to a lot of the residents in the state of Mississippi, it continues to divide us in our state” ...

In our Intsapoll 16, we asked if Mississippi needs to change its flag and after 4,000 votes were tallied 60 percent of viewers said "no."

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