The short answer is YES.
Like the Democratic party primary, the November election gives American voters another historic choice — electing the first African American president in Barack Obama, or the oldest first-term president in John McCain.

Age and race, polls show both have a lot of work to do to convince skeptical voters.
While most Americans say the nation is ready for a black president, past experience shows that white voters don’t always reveal their true feelings to pollsters — something called the Bradley effect.

“The Bradley effect is named after former Mayor of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley who in his California gubernatorial run was leading substantially in the polls going into the weekend of the race and lost,” said Michael Fauntroy, an assistant professor of public policy at George Mason University.

n a recent CBS poll, among white voters who say race is a factor in their presidential choice, McCain leads Obama by nearly 20 points.

It’s a major problem for Obama, with no easy solution.

Again Americans vote for a person, not an ideal.  Who has the best positions on what is best for ALL Americans is secondary to personality.  One of many reasons why there has been little improvement in the lives of Americans in recent years.