Jeff Fink wrote: > I'm a white guy who is certainly not racist. Give me Alan Keyes, J C Watts, > or even Colin Powell, and I will vote for him any day over McCain. Why are > we talking about racist whites when 90% of blacks are voting Obama! > >
The issue isn't racism, per se, rather it's a question of whether some people dislike Obama because he's black, but *will* *not* *admit* *that* when they're being polled. Consequently, in an opinion poll they might SAY they'd vote for him, but then when they're all alone in the voting booth they'll vote the other way. This can skew the opinion polls to make Obama look more popular than he really is. (AFAIK nobody knows how large this effect is.) This is actually a part of a larger problem with opinion polls, which is they're not "secret", and apparently not anonymous. They're done in face to face -- or voice to voice -- interviews with another human. Consequently, the people being polled may not behave the same way in during polling that they will behave when they're in private, actually voting. If you are not ashamed to say you don't like Obama then you are not part of the problem which is being addressed here, which is people who lie about their feelings toward him.
