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Can You Trust What Polls Say about Obama’s Electoral Prospects?

Two Important Trends Suggest Americans May Now Be Ready to Elect an African American President
by Scott Keeter and Nilanthi Samaranayake

The strong showing of Democrat Barack Obama in early trial heat polls for the 2008 presidential election raises anew the question of whether the American public is ready to support an African American candidate for president. Recent polling points to two significant shifts on this question.

Read the full analysis at PewResearch.org

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