Slog - Comments on "The Reverse Bradley Effect" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_reverse_bradley_effect_2 I think I just came in my pants—Mike Easley, the Democratic governor of North Carolina, just said on NPR that there are people in his state who are going to vote for Obama but don't want to admit it to their friends and family and pollsters. He called it the "reverse Bradley effect," and Easley says we'll all be surprised by how well Obama does in North Carolina come election day. You can hear the interview here.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:24:27 -0800 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:59:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by drudgery This describes my situation, too. My family is so freaking conservative, and I'm not looking forward to the Holidays when I'm back home and lying the entire time that I voted for McCain to appease them. I bet this is happening with people all over the country.

]]> drudgery http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_reverse_bradley_effect_2#c1174510 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_reverse_bradley_effect_2#c1174510 2008 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:03:40 -0800 Comment by seattle mike The Bradley effect is a total myth. Go here:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/08/persistent-myth-of-bradley-effect.html

]]> seattle mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_reverse_bradley_effect_2#c1174560 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_reverse_bradley_effect_2#c1174560 2008 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:18:00 -0800 Comment by seattle mike Also this, that shows that it never happened in the first place:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/10/the_bradley_effect_selective_m.html

]]> seattle mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_reverse_bradley_effect_2#c1174574 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_reverse_bradley_effect_2#c1174574 2008 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:21:27 -0800 Comment by emma's bee I just heard from a young-ish colleague here in Ohio that he was breaking with his super conservative family and voting Dem for the first time. He said the negative attacks, plus his mom's insistence that an Obama win & Dem gains in Congress would bring either/both socialism, forced Muslim conversions for all, etc, etc, finally pushed him over the edge.

He was my bellwether for your young-professional-who-leans-conservative-but-is-not-a-total-douchebag Ohio vote.

Don't know what he'd say to a pollster, though.

]]> emma's bee http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_reverse_bradley_effect_2#c1174598 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_reverse_bradley_effect_2#c1174598 2008 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:28:04 -0800 Comment by Sarah My family is absurdly conservative, and when they found out I was going to support Obama I was truly almost disowned. They now 'think' I support Nader. It allows us to continue our happy dysfunctional family.

]]> Sarah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_reverse_bradley_effect_2#c1175479 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_reverse_bradley_effect_2#c1175479 2008 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:59:42 -0800