In the 2008 presidential election,Barack Obama took 53 percent of the vote,while John McCain took 46 percent.However,in the early months of 2009,when Obama's approval ratings were still very high,post-election polls found that a significantly larger number of people claimed to have voted for him.Historians report that the percentage of people who remember voting for any president rises and falls with the president's approval ratings.More people seemed to believe that they "should" have voted for Obama.This belief is an example of:

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The belief that more people should have voted for Obama is an example of ideal culture, which refers to the values and beliefs that a society aspires to but may not always achieve. This belief reflects the high approval ratings that Obama had at the time, which may have influenced people's memory of whether or not they actually voted for him.

In the 2008 Presidential Election,Barack Obama Took 53 Percent of the Vote,while