[2ndDivisionVet]

You don’t think that there are a percentage of voters who lie to pollsters for fear of being thought of as racists?

[Future Snake Eater]

If there are then they’re statistically insignificant. You don’t remember hearing all about the “Bradley Effect” prior to the 2008 election? Every other article on FR mentioned it as a reason that McCain/Palin were going to win. Some effect...

[brivette]

good question..

[Emperor Palpatine]

Or just to have fun with ‘em......

[muawiyah]

There are a number of probable voters who will not answer pollsters questions one way or the other. They are usually dropped as non-responses.

That action distorts the results and hides serious disaffection from both candidates.

[Two Kids' Dad]

I was polled one time and have to admit that I felt guilty about my honest answers, so I would totally understand how a person could respond in a way to try to give the pollster the answer they seem to be looking for. And most polls have loaded questions to drop hints as to what their perceived ‘right answers’ should be. That, and Dem oversampling tends to indicate that results coming from the privacy of the voting booth will not match the polls that have come out thus far.

[ScottinVA]

The illusory “Bradley Effect is what some of us will hang their hat on to soothe themselves over polling data that appears discouraging. Then, after the election, they`ll blame voter fraud.

Forget the folly of placing hope in the “Bradley Effect.” It didn`t play a factor in 2008, and it won`t play now.