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People are most likely to be involved in politics if they have resources, interest, and an invitation. People base their voting decisions on multiple factors, especially partisan loyalty, policy issues, and candidate characteristics. Voter turnout has generally declined since the 1960s, and it remains lower in the U.S. than in many other industrialized nations. The 2008 election was a watershed event in American politics. With a campaign focused on bringing hope to the American people and change to American politics, Barack Obama became the first African American elected president of the United States. A groundswell of popular support for this Democratic candidate had led media and pundits to expect record levels of voter turnout on election day in 2008, but in the end, the turnout mirrored that of the 2004 election cycle. Approximately 131 million Americans, or 64 percent of all registered voters, participated in the presidential election. However, the voting public in 2008 looked significantly different from the voting public in 2004.