“Let’s see,
Iowa - 3% minority .... Obama wins
New Hampshire - 10% voters registered on voting day
no residency requirements ..... Hildabeast wins
Racism or voter fraud ?
You be the judge”
Except at the Iowa caucus, you had to stand PUBLICLY in the corner of the candidate you supported. Whereas in New Hampshire you got to vote in a nice private voting booth.
By the way this will be a factor in the general election if the Rats nominate Obama. Lots of people who will make a big show of supporting him until they pull the curtain of the voting booth.
Good point. Here would be a very interesting study — how well did Obama do in Iowa at the individual caucuses, when comparing caucuses where at least one black person was attending vs ones where NO blacks attended.
If the bradley effect was in effect, I’d expect that Obama would do better in caucuses where a black person was in attendance, because some of the white people would feel compelled to prove they were not racist by standing publicly in the Obama group.
I wonder if anybody has the data to DO that study?