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Contrary to popular opinion, americans love to vote. in 2004, at least thirtytwo million Americans voted for twelve consecutive weeks. Many voted over and over again and with passion and intensity. Most of the voters were young. The election was marked by racial politics and single-shot voting. The election was for the American idol, and over the course of six years, millions of viewers participated week after week in a series of electoral contests as hard-fought, emotional, and divisive as any between the nations major political parties.
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© 2009 Manning Marable and Kristen Clarke
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Ifill, S. (2009). From Idol to Obama. In: Marable, M., Clarke, K. (eds) Barack Obama and African American Empowerment. The Critical Black Studies Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230103290_12
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