| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : NA, United States | | | | TOPICS : politics, education, health, party, policy, reform, fiscal, poverty, private sector, public sector | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : As a northern Liberal, Obama draws political support from a constituency that differs from that of recent presidents of both parties: besides minority voters, it is based on white union members, professionals and urbanites. On domestic policy, this coalition -- derived from Obama's Chicago roots -- is likely to demand significant policy responses in areas such as income inequality, education, infrastructure development and housin |
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