Is America ready for a president who is married to someone of a different race?

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Probably, but it depends on the particular race of the candidate and their spouse.  For example, Obama would never have been elected if he was married to a white woman.

So you think that Obama would've even lost in 2008 even with the financial crisis and the two wars?

He wouldn't have won the nomination. Black female voters would probably have voted for Hillary if he was married to a white lady.

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I think Cory Booker or any future black candidate could have a white spouse and it would not be an issue. However, Obama was running to be the first black president. Among African Americans, there was a certain pride associated with that, and it was very much enhanced by the image that he and Michelle have as a couple. Replace Michelle with a white woman, and I'm not sure the effect is the same.

Would JFK have won 80% of Catholics if he was in an interfaith marriage? Would Bill Clinton have won feminists if he was married to Gennifer Flowers? These things matter at the margins, but the '08 nom was decided entirely at the margins.

Even IRL, Obama was questioned on whether he was "black" enough, or whether a man from a biracial background could even call himself "black" (I honestly recall someone from the networks asking him this). The whole '08 campaign got bogged down in race/gender questions anyway, I can't imagine any positive effect from a discussion of interracial marriage.

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We already have a president who's married to someone of a different race, seeing as how Michelle is not biracial.

Biracial is not a race. As I recall Obama's answer to the reporter, he had no choice in being "black" growing up because that's how he would be seen by the majority culture.