Reply #8: This reminds me of the polling question [View All]

Often times people when polled will answer in the way that they think will please the questioner. When people were asked if they thought that Hilary could be the first woman president, that many answered that they would vote for her, but they often replied that they thought everyone else would not vote for her because of their sexism.

I think there is a dynamic at work here, where people project their idealized self when polled on an issue that includes sexism or racism and then they assume that everyone else in society are the sexists and the racists, and conclude that Hilary or Obama are unelectable.

As to what I believe I'm on the fence with both of the candidates you mention.