How will race affect the election?

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How will race affect the election? And who does it help?

Who knows, but according to this Gallup poll:

While 6% of voters say they are less likely to vote for Barack Obama because of his race, 9% say they are more likely to vote for him, making the impact of his race a neutral to slightly positive factor when all voters’ self-reported attitudes are taken into account.

At the same time, 6% of voters say John McCain’s race will make them less likely to vote for him, with 7% saying it makes them more likely to vote for him, leading to the same basic conclusion: McCain’s race, like Obama’s, is on balance neither a plus nor a minus.

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