Replication data for: Greenwald et al. (2009): Race attitude measures predicted vote in the 2008 U. S. Presidential Election

In the week before the 2008 United States Presidential Election, 1,057 registered voters reported their choice between the principal contenders (John McCain and Barack Obama) and completed several measures that might predict their candidate preference, including two implicit and two self-report measures of racial preference for European Americans (Whites) relative to African Americans (Blacks), and measures of symbolic racism and political conservatism. Greater White preference on each of the four race attitude measures predicted intention to vote for McCain, the White candidate. The implicit race attitude measures (Implicit Association Test and Affect Misattribution Procedure) predicted vote choice independently of the self-report race attitude measures, and also independently of political conservatism and symbolic racism. These findings supported construct validity of the implicit measures.

2008年美国总统大选前一周，1057名已登记选民报告了自己对两位主要候选人约翰·麦凯恩（John McCain）与巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）的投票选择，并完成了多项可预测其候选人偏好的测评，其中包括两项针对欧裔美国人（白人）相对于非裔美国人（黑人）的内隐种族偏好测评、两项自我报告种族偏好测评，以及象征性种族主义与政治保守主义相关测评。四项种族态度测评中，白人偏好得分越高的选民，越倾向于投票给白人候选人麦凯恩。内隐种族态度测评（内隐联想测验（Implicit Association Test）与情感错误归因程序（Affect Misattribution Procedure））不仅独立于自我报告种族态度测评，还独立于政治保守主义与象征性种族主义水平，能够有效预测选民的投票选择。上述研究结果验证了内隐测评的结构效度。