The Bradley Effect
Guide Note: Some are citing a phenomenon called The Bradley Effect, in which white voters claim in advance they will vote for a black candidate and then change their minds when actually at the polls, as an explanation for the surprising second place finish of Barack Obama in the 2008 New Hampshire Primary.
Fast Facts:
- Named for Tom Bradley, who narrowly lost the 1982 California gubernatorial election to George Deukmejian
- Sometimes called "The Wilder Effect," after Governor Douglas Wilder
- Also try: 2008 New Hampshire Primary
The Bradley Effect News
- Google News: The Bradley Effect
- CBS News: Obama's Age Gap: Is It Race? (January 19, 2008)
- The Nation: Did "The Bradley Effect" Beat Obama in New Hampshire? (January 9, 2008)
- Style Weekly: Obama's Wilder Lesson (January 9, 2008)
- Guardian Unlimited: Did racist voters cost Obama the primary? (January 9, 2008)
- The New York Times: "Will There Be an 'Obama Effect?'" (May 16, 2007)
The Bradley Effect Background
- Wikipedia: Bradley effect
- TimesFreePress.com: "Impact of race on Ford's defeat debated" (2006)
- Chicago Graduate School of Business: Academic Paper: "A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination"
The Bradley Effect Blogs and Commentaries
- BuzzFeed: The Bradley Effect
- Daily Kos: Bradley Effect tags
- Hullabaloo: Are Democrats Over 45 Racists? (January 20, 2008)
- Slate Magazine: Did Obama "Supporters" Lie? (January 8, 2008)
- The New Republic: The Plank: A Racist Vote Against Obama? (January 9, 2008)
- Hullabaloo: The Tweety Effect and Other Things (January 9, 2008)
- Too Sense: Women, White Privilege, And The Bradley Effect (January 9, 2008)
- TheAtlantic.com: The Daily Dish: The Return of the Bradley Effect? (January 8, 2008)
- BeliefNet: J-Walking: Race, Polls, Obama (January 8, 2008)
- The American Prospect: Ezra Klein: The Bradley Effect (2006)
- Google Blog Search: The Bradley Effect
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