“Scott Colom, the Mississippi Democrat who is leading in the count of the state’s U.S. Senate race, says that polling analysts like the Cook Political Report make it harder for candidates like him in Southern states to compete and fundraise,” the Mississippi Free Press reports.“Cook Political had the Mississippi race labeled as ‘Solid Republican’ in its analysis ahead of the election, suggesting the state was an impossible flip.”Said Colom: “At some point, we have to talk about the Cook Political Report and other ‘prognosticators’ who had me and other southern candidates labeled as solid R for much of the campaign cycle. They made it much more difficult to fundraise and are part of the reason the South has been neglected for so long.”