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Obama`s Race - The 2008 Election and the Dream of a Post-Racial America, Hardback Book

Obama`s Race - The 2008 Election and the Dream of a Post-Racial America Hardback

Part of the Chicago Studies in American Politics (CHUP) series

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Barack Obama's presidential victory naturally led people to believe that the United States might finally be moving into a post-racial era. "Obama's Race" - and its eye-opening account of the role played by race in the election - paints a dramatically different picture.

The authors argue that the 2008 election was more polarized by racial attitudes than any other presidential election on record - and perhaps more significantly, that there were two sides to this racialization: resentful opposition to and racially liberal support for Obama.

As Obama's campaign was given a boost in the primaries from racial liberals that extended well beyond that usually offered to ideologically similar white candidates, Hillary Clinton lost much of her long-standing support and instead became the preferred candidate of Democratic racial conservatives.

Time and again, voters' racial predispositions trumped their ideological preferences as John McCain - seldom described as conservative in matters of race - became the darling of racial conservatives from both parties.

Hard-hitting and sure to be controversial, "Obama's Race" will be both praised and criticized - but certainly not ignored.

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