Obama's Race: The 2008 Election and the Dream of a Post-Racial AmericaBarack 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. |
Contents
Introduction Obama as PostRacial? | 1 |
1 Background Race in Presidential Elections | 11 |
2 Racialized Momentum The Two Sides of Racialization in the Primaries | 29 |
3 The General Election The Two Sides of Racialization and ShortTerm Political Dynamics | 52 |
4 The Spillover of Racialization | 75 |
5 The Racialized Voting Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Minorities | 94 |
6 The Paradox of Gender Traditionalists Support for Hiliary Clinton | 115 |
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Obama's Race: The 2008 Election and the Dream of a Post-Racial America Michael Tesler,David O. Sears No preview available - 2010 |