Barak Obama is the 44th president of the United States and also the 1st black man to hold this office. He rose from a segregated society to become one of the greatest leaders of the free world. He followed in the footsteps of many great black leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. These freedom fighters paved the way for the emergence of African Americans as leaders. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pioneer in passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which gave everyone the opportunity to vote, regardless of gender, race, and class. This Voting Rights Act now allows millions of people to exercise their right to vote. This freedom to vote is one of the factors that contributed to Obama's victory in the 2008 and 2012 US elections. People of all races can now vote and this article will therefore seek to critically assess the role of the race in the election of Barack Obama as president. Before assessing the role of race in the election of Barack Obama, I will first provide its definition. According to Malik, one of the striking aspects of race is that everyone knows what race is but no one can really define it. He went on to point out that in popular parlance, race is usually synonymous with color. Therefore, we would call African Americans one race, Asians another race, and Whites (Europeans) another. The popular idea of ​​race is supported by academic and political arguments. Many academic studies continue to use the concept of race both as an analytical tool and as an explanatory determinant (Malik, 1996). Understanding race therefore requires us to study how the understanding of this relationship between humanity, society and nature is socially and historically constructed: how, for e...... middle of paper .... ..0USD per year has passed Obama. People earning between $100,000 and $150,000 and between $150,000 and $200,000 voted for McCain, 51% and 50% respectively. Obama, however, received the majority vote of those earning more than $200,000 a year. It was 52%. 52% of college-educated Americans voted for Obama, compared to 46% for McCain. Obama also got 69% of early voters and 50% of returning voters. 60% of Americans with a moderate ideology voted for Obama. Obama also managed to get a majority of votes from different religious groups, with only Protestants giving McCain the majority which was 54%. 52% of married Americans voted for McCain and 65% of single Americans supported Obama. The majority of the gay and lesbian population also supported Obama with 70% of their votes. These statistics show that race was not the factor that contributed to Obama's victory..