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No Bradley Effect Seen In Presidential Race

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Whether whites supported Barack Obama or not, they don't seem to have lied to pollsters about it. Obama's election triumph on Tues...

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Deer Hunting With Democrats

Nick Penniman | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Nick Penniman

McCain is inarticulate about the economy, and the Republican brand is more tarnished than it has been in decades.

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Obama And The Midwestern Color Line

Chicago Magazine | David Mendell | Posted 09.17.2008 | Chicago

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In fall 2006, before Barack Obama and his coterie of astute political strategists decided to launch his campaign for president, they burrowed into the...

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Charles Barkley: Obama Would Make "Fantastic" President

Diane Tucker | Posted 08.27.2008 | Home

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The outspoken athlete and longtime GOP booster says the big question is whether or not white voters will trust a black man. "Once you're inside that little voting booth, try and see Obama as a man, not as a black man."

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Is Biden Ready For The Big Game?

Tom Douglas | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home

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Tom Douglas

Tim Kaine seemed like a no-brainer, but Obama is the Jordan on this team. He needs role players. It remains to be seen whether Biden is more like a Luc Longley or a Steve Kerr.

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The Real Problem with the New York Times Article on Racial Divide

David Moore | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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David Moore

What is truly amazing at this point in U.S. history is that white voters now view a black candidate about as positively as a white candidate on most issues, and in some cases much more positively.

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Obama Camp Hits NYT Racial Divide Story

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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The Obama campaign is taking issue with The New York Times this morning over the paper's front-page piece today on the Times poll released last night...

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ABC Poll: Racism Won't Affect Obama's Chances

ABC News | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Racial attitudes among white Americans show little if any net effect on Barack Obama's candidacy for president, an ABC News analysis finds, because ne...

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The Changing Times and the Equinox Voter

John Zogby | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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John Zogby

Can Obama win the white working-class voters in battleground states? Well, he didn't this spring, so that's our first clue. Another is the fact that neither Al Gore nor John Kerry won their support.

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Obama's Appalachia Problem Is Real, But Does It Matter

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics

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After months of pundits breaking the electorate into racial categories, the factor of geography is slowly being added to the mix. Obama's alleged pro...

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Barack Obama and the Unmaking of the Democratic Party

Sean Wilentz | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Sean Wilentz

The Obama campaign and its sympathizers have begun to articulate what they mean by their vague slogan of "change" -- nothing less than usurping the historic Democratic Party, by rejecting its historic electoral core.

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Will Thomas

Jim Webb Speaks Out On Race, Addresses Grievances Of White America

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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It's refreshing when someone makes the effort to advance the discussion of this year's election beyond debating a black/white divide. So when that so...

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It's Over. But Let's Just Hope We're Only Talking About the Democratic Nomination

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

The simple truth is that America is still quite a racist country. I'm not so sure Obama can overturn centuries of deep-rooted racism in just five months.

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Obama In Kentucky And West Virginia: Why Will He Lose?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama is now the presumed nominee of the Democratic party. His lead in delegates, popular vote and states won cannot by broken by Sen. Clinton...

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Sam Stein

Obama Struggles With Working Class Whites, Dems Emotionally Divided

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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Coming into the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, an emphasis was placed on two questions: Could Barack Obama win over the small town vote and, to...

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Operation Anti-Chaos: The Narrative on "White Voters" Is Fiction

Al Giordano | Posted 05.03.2008 | Politics

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Al Giordano

Nobody - not blogger, nor superdelegate, nor cable news anchor - should open their mouths with another word about this contest until they've studied these graphs and the numbers upon which they are based.

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Can Obama Appeal to White Rural Men?

Robert Creamer | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

The notion that Obama "can't appeal" to white rural men sells short both Barack Obama and white men who live in rural America. It also flies in the face of the facts.

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Poll: Does Clinton Have A Problem With Black Voters?

Huffington Post | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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A recent poll from Rasmussen suggests that the Democrats' problem in November might not be white voters, but black voters. From the internals of toda...

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Obama Strategist: Race Won't Be A Problem In The General Election

National Journal | Linda Douglass | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Obama's campaign strategist David Plouffe spoke with the National Journal's Linda Douglass about the state of the campaign. When asked about a possib...

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Sam Stein

"Mudcat" Saunders: Why Obama Isn't Winning Working Class Whites

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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White working class voters. They make up the constituency that many argue will decide the Democratic primary, and one that has thus far proven thorny ...

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Obama Strategist: Don't Worry, Dems Usually Lose White Working Class

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

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During an interview with NPR, Obama's top strategist David Axelrod played down his candidate's loss in Pennsylvania. "The white working class has gon...

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Pennsylvania & the Persistence of the Race Chasm

David Sirota | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

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David Sirota

Those who continue to pretend race is not a major factor in this campaign are deliberately averting their eyes from a very powerful force in the Democratic primary.

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Judis Exaggerates Barack Obama's Electoral Death

John R. Bohrer | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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John R. Bohrer

Political scientist John B. Judis has a New Republic piece which seems to say that Obama surely cannot win the presidency against McCain -- especially after his San Francisco comments.

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White Male Vote Critical For Democrats

Washington Post | Dan Balz | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

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In the fierce campaign between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, a battle dominated by questions of race and gender, white men have emerg...

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What About The White Guys?

Catherine Crier | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

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Catherine Crier

Pundits focus on women, African Americans and Latinos. What about the white male? In the privacy of the voting booth, where will the white men go in November? Hillary Clinton should be worried.

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