Barack Obama sure does appeal to the relatives of former U.S. Presidents. Lifelong Republican Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhower, says she’s backing Barack.
Sound Bite: “Of all the candidates on the scene today he’s the one individual who can really begin a new era in American politics and begin the process of re-energizing the great American debate.”
The African-American vote has become a major focus during this national election with the presence of the first serious black contender, Barack Obama. Black voters are largely choosing between Obama and Hillary Clinton, wife of Bill Clinton, affectionately known as the “first black president.” Of those interviewed in Oakland, the vote leaned heavily on Barack Obama and no one voted Republican.
Check out the UC Berkeley’s J-School Multimedia project (still updating) at http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/primary08/blackvote/