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yellowcanine

(35,699 posts) Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:37 AM Nov 2012

Kathleen Parker was fantasizing about the "Bradley Effect" winning it for Mitt this morning in the

Washington Post. Of course she didn't call it tht, just talked about people who thought they were voting one way changing their minds in the privacy of the voting booth. Yeah right Kathleen, your soft bigotry is showing.

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Kathleen Parker was fantasizing about the "Bradley Effect" winning it for Mitt this morning in the (Original Post) yellowcanine Nov 2012 OP

How can the " Bradley Effect" work when the President has already been elected???? skeewee08 Nov 2012 #1

To be fair, she didn't actually call it that. But it sure sounded like what she meant. yellowcanine Nov 2012 #5

She cant possibly be as horrible as Peggy Noonan jcgoldie Nov 2012 #2

The Bradley Effect doesn't affect incumbents democrattotheend Nov 2012 #3

This was the talking point in 2008... timlot Nov 2012 #4

skeewee08

(1,983 posts)

1. How can the " Bradley Effect" work when the President has already been elected????

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:42 AM

Nov 2012

I dint get that....

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)

5. To be fair, she didn't actually call it that. But it sure sounded like what she meant.

Reply to skeewee08 (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:04 AM

Nov 2012

FWIW, I think the cases of someone going into the voting booth and voting the complete opposite of what they intended hardly ever happens.....except in Florida with butterfly ballots,but that is another story.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)

2. She cant possibly be as horrible as Peggy Noonan

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:43 AM

Nov 2012

Why oh why do I read that trash? She is such a ridiculous liar and I really think she believes her own lies.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)

3. The Bradley Effect doesn't affect incumbents

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:47 AM

Nov 2012

When David Dinkens ran for re-election as mayor of NYC the polls showed him losing...there was no Bradley effect for him the second time around, because he had a record to run on and people were more comfortable saying they were voting against him. Obama will lose votes because he is black, but I don't see people lying to pollsters about it. And there wasn't even much of a Bradley effect in 2008, except in Southwest PA and Southeast Ohio.

timlot

(456 posts)

4. This was the talking point in 2008...

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:48 AM

Nov 2012

Trust me nobody is shy about whom they plan to vote for. The insinuation is that some liberal white people, who know the democratic party is a coalition, will get in the voting both and some kind of inner racism kicks in. Don't see it happening

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