determiningniques, the racial component in the election, is there a wilder effect? dr. moore: referring to governor doug wilder of virginia, when he ran for governor, polls n heavyed he would wi handedly, but he barely won. that suggested that a lot of white voters who might've expected -- have been expected to support a white nominee told the polls he would support him, but didn't, because of race. effect."he, "wilder there was something like that for mayor dinkins who ran in for reelection. i forgot the dates exactly. he barely won even though the polls said he would win handily. reelection, ir was with gallup at the time. the question is whether or not with obama there are white voters who say they support him but won't. it is hard to predict, right now. we know that he won in illinois. the polls are accurate, suggesting that there was no effect because of his race. what is happening right now are not, it is hard to say. the feeling is that that affect does not really pertain anymore. we are talking about examples from various states. you talk about the nation as a w