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Wilder effect

Wilder effect proper noun: synonym of Bradley effect (“theory about white voters and polling”).

Proper noun

the Wilder effect

  1. (US) Synonym of Bradley effect (“theory about white voters and polling”).
    Synonyms:
    Bradley effect

Synonyms of Wilder effect

Origin of Wilder effect

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.

Questions about Wilder effect

What does Wilder effect mean?
Wilder effect means synonym of Bradley effect (“theory about white voters and polling”).
What part of speech is Wilder effect?
Wilder effect is a proper noun.

Words near Wilder effect in the dictionary

  1. Wildenhain
  2. wildening
  3. Wildenrath
  4. wildens
  5. wilder
  6. Wilder effect
  7. wilder pee
  8. wilder-pee
  9. wildered
  10. wildering
  11. wilderings

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