How Barack Obama Won

This detailed overview and analysis of the results of Barack Obamas historic 2008 presidential wingives us the inside state-by-state guide to how Obama achieved his victory and allows us to see where the country stood four years ago.Although much has changed in the nearly four years since How Barack Obama Won remains the essential guide to Obamas electoral strengths and offers important perspective on his 2012 bid. The votes in each state for Obama and McCain are broken down by percentage according to gender age race party religious affiliation education household income size of city and according to views about the most important issues (the economy terrorism Iraq energy healthcare) the future of the economy (worried not worried) and the war in Iraq (approve disapprove).