Does race really play a role in the 2008 presidential election? Yes, it does. The article race and the race is mainly about how America is getting past the first African American (Barack Obama) becoming the presidential candidate for the Democrats in the 2008. Many reporters believe that racism/non racism may determine the outcome of this election. James Carville quotes “If Obama loses a close race, it is inevitable that [racism] will be a very big part of the interpretation of the race. The AP – Yahoo! Poll, it estimates that Obama could lose up to six percentage points on November 4th, which is the day of the election. It is also said that Obama is compiled the most liberal voting record in the Senate last year. The Democrats have lost 5 of the last 7 elections in America just because they nominated liberal presidential candidates. Although race really shouldn’t matter, what should is there Ideological perspectives. Ideology has determined a lot of the things. Things such as why many African Americans often vote more for a Democrat rather than a Republican or why Feminist attacked Sarah Palin or even John Kerry for being catholic in which he lost the 2004 vote from the Catholics. In 2006, Barack Obama was campaigning for Maryland Senator Ben Cardin against Michael Steele. He spoke to an African American audience – “You don’t vote for someone because of what they look like, you should vote for them because of what their ideas are and what they stand for”.
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