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Political scientist michael tessler and david sears looked at how racial attitudes affected obama's approval ratings. they found that to a degree it was completely unprecedented among recent presidents. approval of obama was driven by the individual's attitudes on race. this is a set of graphs published in their book, "obama's race." what you're seeing here is presidential approval broken down by racial attitudes. here's approval for reagan. not a straight line, but not seeing a huge difference. here's approval for george h.w. bush, looks a lot like reagan. here's disapproval for bill clinton....

Expected from kerry's results or as he put it, obama's race, quote, gave his opponent the equivalent of a home-state advantage countrywise. the racialization of politics continued after the election too. political scientist michael tessler and david spears looked at how it affected his approval ratings. they found that to a degree it was completely unprecedented. approval of obama was driven by the individual's attitudes on race. this is a set of graphs published in their book "the dream of a post racial america." what you're seeing here is presidential approval broken down by racial attitude....

Continued after the election too. political scientist michael tessler and david spears looked at how it affected his approval ratings. they found that to a degree it was completely unprecedented among recent presidents. approval of obama was driven by the individual's attitudes on race. this is a set of graphs published in their book "the dream of a post racial america." what you're seeing here is presidential approval broken down by racial attitudes. here's approval for reagan. not a straight line, but not seeing a huge difference. here's approval for george h.w. bush, looks a lot like reagan...

Tessler and sears found something ellsworth remarking on. quote, president obama continued to be evaluated not just as an african-american, but as someone who is distinctly, quote, other. which brings us to today. >> i love being home in this place where ann and i were raised, where both of us were born. ann was born at henry ford hospital. i was born at harper hospital. no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate, they know this is the place that we were born and raised. >> now, i want to stop here for a moment. this is tough to talk about. this is dangerous, frankly, to talk about. and i...

Continued after the election too. political scientist michael tessler and david spears looked at how it affected his approval ratings. found that to a degree completely unprecedented. approval of obama was driven by the individual's attitudes on race. this was a set of graphs published in the book, the dream of a post racial america. what you're seeing here is presidential approval broken down by racial attitude. here's approval for reagan. not a straight line, but not seeing a huge difference. here's approval for george h.w. bush, looks a lot like reagan. here's disapproval for bill clinton. ...