Still A Factor After Slavery: Race

From MSNBC:

“I don’t think our country is ready for a black president,” Joyce Susick, who is white, said in an interview in the paint store where she works. “A black man is never going to win Pennsylvania.”

Gauging voter sentiments about race is notoriously difficult. Many voters hide their feelings from pollsters and it is possible that some do not even realize race’s influence on their behavior....