A couple of political scientists got in some hot water when their exit poll experiment which asked South Carolina voters a series of question meant to assess negative or positive feelings toward African Americans. Like “Do you think African-Americans are too demanding in their push for equal rights?” But this wasn’t the Klan University asking the questions. It was an effort to see whether measurable racial or racist ideas affected whether a voter voted for Tim Scott or Lindsey Graham, both of whom won reelection to the Senate on Tuesday.
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