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Race and religion in the 2012 U.S. presidential election- Obama and Romney

01/18/2009

Both candidates prefer reticence about defining aspects of their lives fearing voter prejudice. The election campaigns of both sides leave out identity politics. Both campaigns also prefer to keep Romney's record managing the 1999 winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and as the governor of Massachusetts out of the public view for different reasons. This adds to the sense of aloofness of both candidates, one a professor and the other a business executive, who were distant to begin with.

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