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For Pollsters, the Racial Effect That Wasn’t
For Pollsters, the Racial Effect That Wasn’t
All the ominous predictions, all the fretting about hidden votes and closeted racists frustrating a victory for the nation’s first African-American president came down to this: the so-called Bradley effect did not exist. People did not lie — to pollsters or to themselves — about whether they ...
For Pollsters, the Racial Effect That Wasn’t
For Pollsters, the Racial Effect That Wasn’t
nytimes.com — All the fretting about hidden votes and closeted racists came down to this: the so-called Bradley effect... did not exist. > (more) For Pollsters, the Racial Effect That Wasn’t
Decidedly Racial Obama Goes Racial
pandagon.net — by Jesse Taylor Barack Obama just called himself a “mutt” during his press conference.  I’m going to... love the shit out of the next eight years.  (more) Decidedly Racial Obama Goes Racial
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Remember How Whites Were Too Racist to Vote Obama?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... and The New York Times, also celebrate the end of the soundness of the Bradley Effect. In fact, quite a few Old Media sources seem happy to kill the Bradley Effect as a sound theory. How could they not? After all, Barack Obama got more votes than the "first black president," Bill Clinton. It all seems like sunny days are here again. But... ...

Remember How Whites Were Too Racist to Vote Obama?
Stop The ACLU — ... and The New York Times , also celebrate the end of the soundness of the Bradley Effect. In fact, quite a few Old Media sources seem happy to kill the Bradley Effect as a sound theory. How could they not? After all, Barack Obama got more votes than the “first black president,” Bill Clinton. It all seems like sunny days are here again. But… As I researched how the press is reporting the obvious end of the Bradley Effect, I turned to Google News to see the index of the latest stories. I typed it in and hit the search button. What I found was interesting. It isn’t as ...

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