LEADER 03074oam 2200637I 450 001 9910818239603321 005 20230725023153.0 010 $a1-135-84141-1 010 $a1-135-84142-X 010 $a1-282-59570-9 010 $a9786612595707 010 $a0-203-88395-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203883952 035 $a(CKB)2670000000013787 035 $a(EBL)496337 035 $a(OCoLC)609858981 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000364685 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11315112 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364685 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10398272 035 $a(PQKB)11478484 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496337 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496337 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10382426 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL259570 035 $a(OCoLC)647917704 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000013787 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe presidential campaign of Barack Obama $ea critical analysis of a racially transcendent strategy /$fDewey M. Clayton 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-99735-6 311 $a0-415-99734-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART 1 THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS RUNNING FOR POLITICAL OFFICE, COALITION POLITICS, AND OBAMA'S WINNING COALITION; 1 Introduction; 2 Descriptive and Substantive Representation; 3 Obama's Winning Coalition; PART 2 THE DYNAMICS OF THE CAMPAIGN PROCESS; 4 Demographic Groups that Supported Obama; 5 The Clinton Factor: Hillary and Bill; 6 The Campaign for the White House; 7 Innovations in Technology and Media; 8 Change Comes to America; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn the early twenty-first century, race still occupies a dominant role in American politics. Despite this truism, presidential candidate Barack Obama was uniquely poised to transcend both race and party as the first African American to have a realistic chance of winning the presidency. Previous contenders running in the traditional mode of the Civil Rights Movement based their appeal primarily on African American voters. Obama, on the other hand, ran a deracialized campaign in an effort to appeal to voters of different backgrounds and political parties. Clayton examines how race in American po 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$y2008 606 $aPolitical campaigns$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 615 0$aPresidents$xElection 615 0$aPolitical campaigns 676 $a324.973/0931 700 $aClayton$b Dewey M.$01592872 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818239603321 996 $aThe presidential campaign of Barack Obama$93912734 997 $aUNINA