Barak Obama is the 44th president of the United States and also the first black man to hold this position. He emerged 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 trailblazer in passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that gave everyone the ability to vote, regardless of gender, race and class. This Voting Rights Act now gives millions of people the opportunity to exercise their right to vote. This freedom to vote is one of the factors that contributed to Obama's victory in the 2008 US elections and again in 2012. People of all races can now vote and this paper will therefore seek to critically evaluate the role of race in Barack Obama election as president. Before evaluating the role of race in Barack Obama's election, I will first give its definition. According to Malik, one of the surprising aspects of race is that everyone knows what a race is but no one can precisely define it. He then noted that in popular language, race is usually synonymous with color. Therefore, we will 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 as both an analytical tool and an explanatory determinant (Malik, 1996). To understand race, then, we must investigate how understanding that relationship between humanity, society, and nature is socially and historically constructed: how, for, and...... half of paper ......0usd per year they went to Obama. People earning $100,000 to $150,000 USD, and $150,000 USD to $200,000 USD, voted in favor of McCain, at 51% and 50%, respectively. Obama, however, won a majority of the votes of people earning more than $200,000 a year. This was 52%. 52% of college-educated Americans voted for Obama versus 46% for McCain. Obama also won 69% of first-time 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 a majority of 54%. 52% of married Americans voted for McCain, and 65% of unmarried Americans supported Obama. The majority of the gay and lesbian population also supported Obama with 70% of the vote. These statistics show that race was not the contributing factor to Obama's victory.