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The theory holds that voters have a tendency to withhold their leanings from pollsters when they plan to vote for a white candidate instead of a black one. In 1982, Tom Bradley-the African-American mayor of Los Angeles-ran for governor of California. On the eve of the election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bradley Effect | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

The Presidential race was the subject of a fascinating media conference Oct. 13-14 presented by Time Warner and co-hosted by TIME and CNN. A series of roundtables probed everything from political advertising and polling to the role of media. The event featured names such as TIME's Joe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking the Temperature | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

Luntz also gave me strict rules. I had to poll 25 people. I had to interview every third person who passed and space out my polling throughout the entire day. I slightly adjusted these rules by showing up at 11 a.m. and asking every person I saw in order to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Own Election Exit Poll | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

Much of the campaign's current effort to get black voters to the polls rests with grass-roots organizers like John Wyche, 50, of Pensacola, Fla. Wyche says he made an innovative suggestion to Obama's Florida campaign staffers that they ask pastors of predominately black congregations in Escambia County...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Obama Doing Enough to Get Out the Black Vote? | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

Meanwhile, other activists are taking similar steps. The NAACP has launched "Arrive With Five," a campaign encouraging its members to bring five friends to polling stations. In predominately black Cleveland, Basheer Jones, 23, is bringing voting-rights experts on his popular morning radio show to puncture the assumption that ex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Obama Doing Enough to Get Out the Black Vote? | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

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