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Originally Posted by iBuy
Wouldnt be so sure, I would prefer him to win, he is the better of the two.
But, not being racist, I think white america will vote against him purely because he is black. Something that personally annoys me a lot!
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Yeah, the UK has had a bunch of non-white PMs.
The fact is that in the US what people say in the polls and what they vote in the privacy of the booth are often quite different.
A while ago the black guy running for the governor of my state, Virginia, was way ahead in the polls. At the end he won by about one point.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_effect
We've come a long way, but still have a long way to go.
But, I'd say the "cast the first stone" rule might come into play here. Will anyone living in a perfect democracy raise their hand?
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