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Friday, September 12, 2008 12:00 AM

What small-town America is saying about Obama

In diners and mobile homes from New Mexico to North Carolina, I listened to working-class people try to make sense of a black president named Barack.
By Dan Hoyle

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  • Friday, September 12, 2008 12:55 PM

    Voting for Obama

    Everybody talks about "the Bradley Effect," whereby people say they aren't racist and have no problem voting for a black person for office, but once they get into the voting booth, they vote for the white guy. How about "the Obama Effect," whereby people who are afraid they'll lose friends, alienate family or start a fight with a spouse say they'll vote for McCain, but when they go into the voting booth they check Obama? I used to live in rural white America and I think this is a very real possibility.

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