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Wilder effect

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Etymology

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Named in reference to the 1989 race for Governor of Virginia between Democrat L. Douglas Wilder, an African-American, and Republican Marshall Coleman, who was white.

Proper noun

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the Wilder effect

  1. (US, politics) Synonym of Bradley effect (theory about white voters and polling)