Majority of Mississippi Republican voters support Medicaid expansion 

A majority of Mississippi’s Republican primary voters support expanding Medicaid coverage to the working poor, according to a recent poll commissioned by the American Cancer Society.  The poll, conducted on February 19-20 by private polling firm Cygnal, surveyed 600 people and showed that 55% of likely GOP primary voters in the Magnolia State support Medicaid expansion to cover low-income individuals. “This showed what we’ve been feeling for a while now, which is that just among Republican primary voters, a majority of them support expanding Medicaid to close the coverage gap,” said Kimberly Hughes, the Mississippi government relations director at the American Cancer Society Action Network.