2008 Democratic Summaries

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The 2008 Democratic Primaries Barrack Obama’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2008 primaries is attributed to many different reasons, some of which are more complicated than others. These reasons range from racial and gender biases to the inefficiencies of Clinton’s campaign, and Obama’s strategic use of resources. Hillary Clinton was a natural choice for nomination due to her political background, name recognition, and heavy funding, however perhaps she started out her campaign a little too confidently, and as a result, inadvertently let Obama take the lead.1 Obama certainly lacked any sort of name recognition, but the reason his campaign snowballed is simply because he had a more appealing angle.2 Obama was the man the American people …show more content…

The possibility of the first black president in the United States could be seen as hope to the African American community (and all minority groups in general).2 It sends the message to the American people that truly anyone can accomplish anything despite their color. And despite the bias in the African American community toward Obama’s campaign, the fact that a woman or a minority can now have a proper chance at winning presidency strengthens American democracy. That being said, Obama naturally won 90 percent of the African American vote, giving him a necessary tool to contest the …show more content…

Obama did not start off in the lead like Clinton did, but his impressive organizational skills ensured that his campaign would grow exponentially. Clinton already had access to big donors through her connections but Obama was popular enough to attract significant donors as well.1 Not only that, he used the power of the internet to consistently fund his campaign through social-networking.1 Obama at this point had significant donors but also a steady flow of cash coming from the internet. By 2007, both Obama and Clinton rose over $100 million dollars each, and Obama eventually out-rose Clinton by more than double in 2008.1 While Obama was receiving over a million dollars a day at this point, Clinton had been forced to take out loans, ignoring the fact that her campaign was severely weakened at this point.1 With Obama growing financially, he did not have to worry so much about important spending decisions as Clinton had, which gave him the edge in terms of

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