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The Bradley Effect is Dead
I was about to write a post about why I don’t think the Bradley Effect is worth worrying about, but then I found this Newsweek article by Nate Silver that makes the exact same points : There is little doubt Obama is losing some votes due to his race; a recent Associated Press survey ...
 Bradley Effect: R.I.P.
Bradley Effect: R.I.P.
reflectivepundit.com — OK, so I stayed up entering all the data by hand just to answer one question: what... was the final word on the Bradley Effect I've had to discuss about a million times in the past few weeks. The answer is: nada. I took the last polling projections from ... (more) Bradley Effect: R.I.P.
How McCain Could Win
truthout.org — It's November 5 and the nation is in shock. Media blame it on the "Bradley effect": Americans... supposedly turned into Klansmen inside the voting booth, and Barack Obama turned up with 6 million votes less than calculated from the exit polls. Florida ... (more) How McCain Could Win
The Palin Effect
campaignspot.nationalreview.com — Campaign Spot reader Joshua writes in, with some data on what Sarah Palin did and did not... add to the Republican ticket. First the most significant fin... . . . (more) The Palin Effect
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Why McCain Will Win
Jon Swift — ... they just can’t do it. But this year, I think we’re going to see a "Reverse Bradley Effect," where black people say they are going to vote for the black guy because they don’t want to seem disloyal, but when they get into the voting booth they just can’t pull the lever for the brother. When it gets right down to it, black people don’t really trust other black people. When a famous black person gets in trouble, what’s the first thing they do? They hire a Jewish lawyer. And how many rich and famous black people let other black people manage their money or careers? Not too many. ...

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