...Obama!!! David Sedaris Presidential elections are a very big deal in America. Most people have a very strong opinion about whom they think should win, and very few don’t care at all. The months before an election you would have to be both blind and deaf if you didn’t know the election was going on. Signs banners etc are all over peoples’ front yards, it’s all they talk about on TV and radio, and debates and discussions are started within classrooms. The election in 2008 was a very big deal. America could end up having their first ever African American president. Many doubted it was ever going to happen; that America was still trapped in the world of segregation. At the time of an election many people usually think they’re experts on the subject, even in Europe. David Sedaris, who is an American author and comedian, lives in France. In his essay from the essay collection Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls he discusses the Presidential Election from 2008 amongst other things. He explains how big of a deal the whole election was in European countries. Even though he didn’t write about politics he would still be asked political questions during interviews. The most common question was of course who he thought would win the election. He explains how people in France didn’t think America would elect an African American president because “they’re racists”, so whenever he answered that he thought Obama would win he was met with the same with a pitiful facial expression with a shake...
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