Made first for older men 1
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama's audience scores lean most toward older men at 72 of 100 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Black and below it for White and Hispanic 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 0 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.
- 1Audience scoreolder men 72 of 100 is the top quadrant.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 2ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 3RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 99, White 5, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
- 4Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 0 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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Age: 59 — leans mature
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By the People: The Election of Barack Obama is a documentary film produced by Edward Norton broadcast in November 2009 on HBO, which follows Barack Obama and various members of his campaign team, including David Axelrod, through the two years leading up to the United States presidential election on November 4th, 2008.
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Advocacy Over Time in Documentary
The average advocacy score of Documentary titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 0 | 5 |
| 1938 | 5 | 2 |
| 1967 | 3 | 2 |
| 1968 | 5 | 2 |
| 1970 | 2 | 3 |
| 1971 | 0 | 2 |
| 1974 | 0 | 3 |
| 1975 | 6 | 3 |
| 1985 | 0 | 2 |
| 1989 | 0 | 3 |
| 1990 | 0 | 2 |
| 1992 | 0 | 3 |
| 1994 | 0 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | 0 | 5 |
| 1999 | 2 | 7 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 11 |
| 2003 | 2 | 15 |
| 2004 | 1 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 11 |
| 2006 | 1 | 20 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 13 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 9 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 17 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 |
| This title (2009) | 0 | 1 |
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Cast & Crew
Alicia Sams (director) · Amy Rice (director)
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