WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Racial backlash against Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama could make a difference if the election is close in November, analysts say.
Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois and the first black man to be nominated by a major party for president, could find latent racism emerging in the privacy of the voting booth should Election Day find he and Republican opponent Sen. John McCain of Arizona locked in a dead heat, the Washington publication Politico reported Tuesday.