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U.S. Election Candidate Profile: Barack Obama

US Politics RSS / Ari Last / 28 October 2008 /

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Barack Obama the strong favourite to win the American Presidential Election in a week's time with odds for victory on Betfair currently as short as [1.12]. Here are a few facts that should help you get to know him a little better.

Born: August 4th 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Age: 47

Middle Name: Hussein

Senator for: Illinois (Democrat)

Married to: Michelle Robinson

Children: Two Daughters, Malia & Natasha

Lives: Kenwood, Chicago

Religion: Christianity

Favourite Sport: Basketball

Favourite Food: Chilli

Favourite Musicians: Myles Davis, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder

Favourite Films: The Godfather Trilogy, Casablanca

Significant Political Ideas: Pro Choice, Pro Stem Cell Research


Interesting facts:

• Parents Divorced when he was two.

• Father died in a car accident in 1982. Mother died of Ovarian cancer in 1995

• Lived in Indonesia for four years as a child.

• A man of the world, has eaten Dog, Snake and Grasshopper

• His nickname in School and College was "Barry".

• Won A Grammy in 2006 for the "Best Spoken Word Book" - "Dreams From My Father".

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