In the 2008 election, Barack Obama took 53 percent of the vote, while John McCain took 46 percent. However, in the early months of 2009, when his approval ratings were still very high, polls conducted found that a significantly larger number of people claimed to have voted for Obama. Historians report that the percentage of people who remember voting for any president rises and falls with approval ratings. More people seemed to believe that they "should" have voted for Obama, making this belief a part of our:

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The belief that more people should have voted for Obama is reflective of our ideal culture, which includes our aspirations and values as a society. It is not a folkway, which refers to customary behaviors and traditions within a particular group, nor is it a part of popular culture, which is typically associated with trends and entertainment. It is also not related to the art world, which encompasses creative expression and cultural production, or cultural diffusion, which refers to the spread of cultural practices and ideas.

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