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Five years ago today, on November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the presidency and became our first African American president.\u00a0The historic moment may not have come as a surprise to many. Twenty years ago, about half of Americans (54%) thought the chances were good that we would have a black president by now, according to a 1993 Gallup\/CNN\/USA Today survey of U.S. adults, while 45% thought the chances were slim.<\/p>\n\n

In 1993, one-in-ten adults thought that the chances were \u201cexcellent\u201d that we would elect a black American as president, 44% thought the chances were \u201cgood,\u201d 24% thought they were \u201cnot good\u201d and 21% thought they were \u201cpoor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Even after Obama\u2019s election, about a third of American adults (35%) think it is unlikely that we will elect another black president by 2030. But the share that thinks the chances are excellent or good is somewhat higher than it was in 1993 \u2013 fully 65% of Americans think we will elect another black president in the next two decades, compared with 54% in 1993.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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