Overall, the survey found that by virtue of racial prejudice, Obama could lose 5 percentage points off his share of the popular vote in his Nov. 6 contest against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. But Obama also stands to benefit from a 3 percentage point gain due to pro-black sentiment, researchers said. Overall, that means an estimated net loss of 2 percentage points due to anti-black attitudes.
And that 2 percent might just swing the election in Romney's favor. We didn't see the so called "Bradley Effect" in the 2008 election. We might see it here. If these polls are off by a few percentage points because white people being polled don't want to look like racists to the pollsters, Romney may be winning by as much as 5 percent.
Ten days to go. I can't wait until it's over.
