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The first African American to do so, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States of America on January 20, 2009, with 52.6 % of the popular vote and 364 Electoral College votes to John McCain's 162. His rise to the presidential office has been spectacular: from community organizer and civil rights attorney, to lecturer in constitutional law at the University of Chicago (1992-2004) and leader in the Illinois Senate (1997-2004), to US Senator (2004-2008) and President.
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Peters, M.A. (2012). Renewing the American Dream. In: Peters, M.A. (eds) Obama and The End of the American Dream. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-771-4_2
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