No Bradley Effect Seen In Presidential Race
WASHINGTON — Whether whites supported Barack Obama or not, they don't seem to have lied to pollsters about it. Obama's election triumph on Tues...
WASHINGTON — Whether whites supported Barack Obama or not, they don't seem to have lied to pollsters about it. Obama's election triumph on Tues...
Nick Penniman | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
McCain is inarticulate about the economy, and the Republican brand is more tarnished than it has been in decades.
Chicago Magazine | David Mendell | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago
In fall 2006, before Barack Obama and his coterie of astute political strategists decided to launch his campaign for president, they burrowed into the...
Diane Tucker | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home
The outspoken athlete and longtime GOP booster says the big question is whether or not white voters will trust a black man. "Once you're inside that little voting booth, try and see Obama as a man, not as a black man."
Tom Douglas | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home
Tim Kaine seemed like a no-brainer, but Obama is the Jordan on this team. He needs role players. It remains to be seen whether Biden is more like a Luc Longley or a Steve Kerr.
David Moore | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
What is truly amazing at this point in U.S. history is that white voters now view a black candidate about as positively as a white candidate on most issues, and in some cases much more positively.
Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
The Obama campaign is taking issue with The New York Times this morning over the paper's front-page piece today on the Times poll released last night...
ABC News | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
Racial attitudes among white Americans show little if any net effect on Barack Obama's candidacy for president, an ABC News analysis finds, because ne...
John Zogby | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
Can Obama win the white working-class voters in battleground states? Well, he didn't this spring, so that's our first clue. Another is the fact that neither Al Gore nor John Kerry won their support.
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics
After months of pundits breaking the electorate into racial categories, the factor of geography is slowly being added to the mix. Obama's alleged pro...
HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics
It's refreshing when someone makes the effort to advance the discussion of this year's election beyond debating a black/white divide. So when that so...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama is now the presumed nominee of the Democratic party. His lead in delegates, popular vote and states won cannot by broken by Sen. Clinton...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
Coming into the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, an emphasis was placed on two questions: Could Barack Obama win over the small town vote and, to...
Robert Creamer | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics
The notion that Obama "can't appeal" to white rural men sells short both Barack Obama and white men who live in rural America. It also flies in the face of the facts.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
A recent poll from Rasmussen suggests that the Democrats' problem in November might not be white voters, but black voters. From the internals of toda...
National Journal | Linda Douglass | Posted 05.03.2008 | Politics
Obama's campaign strategist David Plouffe spoke with the National Journal's Linda Douglass about the state of the campaign. When asked about a possib...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
White working class voters. They make up the constituency that many argue will decide the Democratic primary, and one that has thus far proven thorny ...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
During an interview with NPR, Obama's top strategist David Axelrod played down his candidate's loss in Pennsylvania. "The white working class has gon...
Washington Post | Dan Balz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
In the fierce campaign between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, a battle dominated by questions of race and gender, white men have emerg...
Peter Dreier | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
The Clinton campaign message was transparent: they are trying to pigeonhole Obama as the "black" candidate -- not simply as a matter of pigmentation but as a matter of voter appeal.
HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The crucial number in Barack Obama's expected victory in the South Carolina primary today will be the percentage of white voters who cast ballots for ...
AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics