[CornFed]

[quote author=martyup link=topic=10129.msg91441#msg91441 date=1403370730]
  .  .  .  .  .Remember all the political surveys decades before Obama that wildly exaggerated the support for candidates like Tom Bradley or for Doug Wilder.  In those days the surveys proved to be wildly inaccurate because respondents lied about their own race or about their attitudes .  .  .  .  .

And in those instances respondents felt several conflicting pressures.  Many were afraid of being judged racist for not supporting the candidate of color.

[CornFed]

[quote author=martyup link=topic=10129.msg91441#msg91441 date=1403370730]
  .  .  .  .  .Remember all the political surveys decades before Obama that wildly exaggerated the support for candidates like Tom Bradley or for Doug Wilder.  In those days the surveys proved to be wildly inaccurate because respondents lied about their own race or about their attitudes .  .  .  .  .

And in those instances respondents felt several conflicting pressures.  Many were afraid of being judged racist for not supporting the candidate of color.