He later took what he learned to the Obama 2008 campaign, and then later to a group of community activists prior to the rise of the Arab Spring.
Americans voted for Barack Obama in 2008 as a candidate of hope and change.
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Among those who voted for Obama in 2008, only 66% say they will vote for him in 2012.
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And while Latinos tend to vote Democratic, evangelical Latinos swing: they supported Mr Bush in 2004 and Mr Obama in 2008.
First, consider that Charleston County -- the heart of the 1st Congressional District -- voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Non-Jewish American supporters of Israel never tire of asking how it is that so many American Jews voted for Obama in 2008.
Whereas 78% of American Jews voted for Obama in 2008, today a bare majority of 51% approve of his performance in office.
Betty Faller-Pearson, 66, voted for Obama in 2008 and Bush in 2004.
The state awards its five electoral votes by congressional district, and the Omaha-anchored 2nd District sent a single vote to Obama in 2008.
New polls in two other battleground states, Colorado and Nevada (won by Bush in 2004 but by Obama in 2008), indicate much closer contests.
As Karl Rove, a Republican strategist, points out, only a small proportion of those who gave to Mr Obama in 2008 have done so again this time.
Even though the video supports Obama, it almost draws more attention to the current apathy of many of those inspired to vote and volunteer for Obama in 2008.
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"Democrats and Republicans are the same, " says Mr. Bodnar, a registered Democrat who says he voted for Mr. Obama in 2008 but doesn't know who to support this time around.
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Voters age 18-29 were those most likely to move away from Mr. Obama between 2008 and 2012, and Republican identification generally increases as people graduate college, start work and begin families.
Sedgmer voted for President Obama in 2008 and she is not a particular fan of Mitt Romney, but she's voting for the Republican because she believes he is the only chance the coal industry and her community have to survive.
But in recent years, its political center of gravity has tilted leftward: It went for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, voted to legalize recreational marijuana last year, and state lawmakers this year voted to allow civil unions for same-sex couples.
But whereas Al Gore's prospects hinged on an ultimately elusive victory in Florida, and John Kerry's on an equally elusive win in Ohio, Mr Obama in 2008 made inroads into previously Republican territory in the South, the Rockies and the Midwest, bringing him victory by a comfortable margin.
Brzezinski served as a senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign, and his views are not terribly out of place among Obama's senior advisers in the White House.
Among all 2008 Obama voters, 48% were less enthusiastic about his candidacy for 2012.
That 257, 133-vote swing almost wipes out Mr. Obama's 2008 Ohio victory margin of 262, 224.
It's possible to win without coming first in New Hampshire: Obama did in 2008.
The 2008 Obama campaign pioneered the fusion of modern branding with the political campaign.
When President Obama ran in 2008 he talked approvingly about self-reliance and accountability.
Obama ran in 2008 on revitalizing the national economy through public investments in transformative technologies.
In 2008, Obama improved his winning margin with Latino voters from 67% in 2008 to 69% in 2012.
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Mr. Healy was an early supporter of Mr. Obama's 2008 presidential run, raising several hundred thousand dollars for him.
John McCain of Arizona, who lost to Obama in the 2008 presidential election.
Japan has had four prime ministers since Obama won the 2008 election, and the margin for error is thin.
"President Obama is using the same disgusting political tactics that candidate Obama denounced in 2008, " said Ryan Williams, a Romney campaign spokesman.
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