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San Francisco Chronicle, 24.12.08 05:31 UTC

Jerry Brown's Prop. 8 about-face rare for attorneys general

(12-23) 20:49 PST -- Attorney General Jerry Brown's legal challenge to California's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage marks the first time that the state's top lawyer has refused to defend a ...

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New York Daily News, 03.11.08 09:31 UTC

Obama, don't fear secret racism - the Bradley effect is history

Bored pundits seem to be running out of things to say. For the past month, Obama has led Republican presidential nominee John McCain in national surveys by an average of 7 percentage points. With the ...

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Los Angeles Times, 30.10.08 22:32 UTC

Schwarzenegger stands with bipartisan coalition opposing Proposition 5

The group includes former governors Gray Davis, Pete Wilson, George Deukmejian and Jerry Brown. Supporters of the drug initiative portray their foes as shills for the prison guards union.

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Los Angeles Times, 29.10.08 04:33 UTC

Rethinking the 'Bradley effect'

Tom Bradley's narrow loss in 1982 stemmed from a convergence of political difficulties, and only one of them was his race.

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San Francisco Chronicle, 21.10.08 18:05 UTC

Many think 'Bradley effect' won't hurt Obama

(10-20) 17:34 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- In a presidential campaign that has provoked an array of questions about race, one of the most persistent has been whether white people lie to pollsters about ...

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San Francisco Chronicle, 21.10.08 15:01 UTC

Many think 'Bradley effect' won't hurt Obama

(10-20) 17:34 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- In a presidential campaign that has provoked an array of questions about race, one of the most persistent has been whether white people lie to pollsters about ...

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BBC World News, 20.10.08 14:05 UTC

Closet racism

By Laura Smith-Spark BBC News Two decades ago, Douglas Wilder watched as a 9% lead in the polls going into Virginia's gubernatorial election slipped to just one-tenth of 1% when the ballots were ...

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International Herald Tribune, 19.10.08 13:01 UTC

In U.S. election, large turnout may outweigh any racial bias

The "Bradley effect" is the Murphy's law of U.S. politics, more accepted than demonstrated. The Bradley effect stems from the 1982 California gubernatorial race, when the late Tom Bradley, an ...

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New York Post, 16.06.08 07:34 UTC

NOT BLACK & WHITE

OBAMA POSES A PUZZLE FOR POLLSTERS

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San Francisco Chronicle, 04.06.08 16:02 UTC

McClintock wins 4th District GOP race

(06-03) 22:55 PDT -- State Sen. Tom McClintock, a torchbearer for the conservative wing of the California Republican Party, won easily Tuesday in the costly battle for the Fourth Congressional ...