pauldanish
2008-09-12 11:02:06
Another place where the Bradley effect might be pronounced is Virginia. There are a large number of federal workers living in northern Virginia who have compelling personal reasons to disguise any racial prejudice they might harbor: Even a hint of it could get them fired.
Indeed, before there was a “Bradley Effect” there was a “Wilder Effect” named after the first black governor of Virginia. Wilder won his election, but he ran about 7 percentage points behind his polling. That’s pretty pronounced.
