September 4, 200818 yr Interesting to hear this. There is no doubt that its partially true (and , yes, its true on the other side as well). http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-03-armey_N.htm
September 4, 200818 yr It is called the Bradley effect. What that percentage constitutes in the year 2008 on a national election is unknown.
September 4, 200818 yr There will be white people who will REFUSE to vote for Barack Obama. There will be black people who vote for Obama, simply because he's black. There will be women who vote for McCain/Palin because there's a woman on the ticket.
September 5, 200818 yr In Virginia it was seen in the election of Doug Wilder in '90. (?) According to all the polls he had a huge lead on his opponent and was a shoo in. Wilder did win the election but it was within a point or so (much smaller than the polls had indicated). Most felt it was this very factor that makes some polls obselete. People will answer verbally to a pollster but walk into a voting booth and in private exercise their bias or prejudice with no one knowing.
September 5, 200818 yr I almost posted in the other thread where it was basically said the republicans have screwed things up so badly and Obama only has a single digit lead. If Obama were white it wouldn't be close in my humble opinion.
September 5, 200818 yr There will be white people who will REFUSE to vote for Barack Obama. There will be black people who vote for Obama, simply because he's black. There will be women who vote for McCain/Palin because there's a woman on the ticket. Didn't KY have the highest percentage of voters of any state that didn't vote for Obama in the primary because of race? If I didn't misremember then that is one of the few things that makes me ashamed to be a Kentuckian.
September 5, 200818 yr I almost posted in the other thread where it was basically said the republicans have screwed things up so badly and Obama only has a single digit lead. If Obama were white it wouldn't be close in my humble opinion. Are you serious?
September 5, 200818 yr I read the name in the title and thought, "Dude, Clyde's getting suspended"...
September 5, 200818 yr Are you serious? Yes I am. My mother is far from a Bubba. She is 81 and still very sharp mentally. She came to our house in the country which is easy to find, but thought she was at the wrong house because my wife had an Obama sticker on her car. If you don't think older Americans won't vote for him because of his skin color then there's not much else I can say. I can't even say on here what I heard a WWII veteran call him or I would be suspended.
September 5, 200818 yr Yes I am. My mother is far from a Bubba. She is 81 and still very sharp mentally. She came to our house in the country which is easy to find, but thought she was at the wrong house because my wife had an Obama sticker on her car. If you don't think older Americans won't vote for him because of his skin color then there's not much else I can say. I can't even say on here what I heard a WWII veteran call him or I would be suspended. I agree that some Americans will not vote for him due to racism, I just don't agree with your assessment that if he "were white it wouldn't be close". I have heard some argue that he may not have even received the nomination if he were white.
September 5, 200818 yr Didn't KY have the highest percentage of voters of any state that didn't vote for Obama in the primary because of race? If I didn't misremember then that is one of the few things that makes me ashamed to be a Kentuckian. If I remember correctly the numbers they gave were something like 20% said race matter but then said the same poll taken in Oregon (same day as Kentucky) stated that 80% in Oregon said race didn't matter. I am no math scholar but that looks like the same numbers to me. They were just reported differently.
September 5, 200818 yr Author I read the name in the title and thought, "Dude, Clyde's getting suspended"... I'm sensitive to the rules, my friend, although some would hope you would be correct.:lol:
September 5, 200818 yr Author I would say that any Obama supporter who hopes to meet him at a campaign rally in KY may be disappointed. He's not coming. I wouldn't if I were him.
September 5, 200818 yr I'm sensitive to the rules, my friend, although some would hope you would be correct.:lol: I don't agree with much of what you say but you start some very interesting threads and spark some good debates.
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