Those folks at BBC News always come up with new and forgotten aspects to the election unlike other news agencies that seem to be concerned with the bigger picture. Nitpicking the details can be just as resourceful, as indicated by this article. According to the study, Black candidates for any type of office in the US usually have higher polling numbers than that of the vote box. That is because white voters have “betrayed” black candidates before. There have been stories of candidates who run buy a wide lead only to see that the voting numbers dip. This is what the BBC calls “closet racism.” This phenomenon is known as the Bradley or Wilder Effect. Read on.