But during the great de-ironization that began around the time of Ronald Reagan's election, one element of the American dream came to predominate: homeownership.
In the last few days before the election, however, elements from his past threatened to derail him, when his quotes about Hitler, from George Butler's book proposal, surfaced in the Times.
Going back two years to the protest movement that emerged in Iran following the fraudulent presidential election, two elements stood out.
Since the election, prominent elements in the conservative movement have conceded that the GOP must soften its hard-line positions on immigration if it is to regain the level of support it once enjoyed among Latino voters.
Shortly before quitting as UKIP leader, Nigel Farage looked forward to next year's Welsh assembly election, where an element of proportional representation comes into play, and the prospect of the first UKIP AMs in Cardiff Bay.
When that opus was published, fund-raising was a sideshow to elections, an important element but only one element.
"The AMA took a set of policies to the election campaign, supporting elements of Labor policy leading into the election," he said.
The award almost universally went to a running back or a quarterback from a prominent team and the voting was like any other election — it had elements of a popularity contest.
Channel 4's Alternative Election Night, live elements of which were made by Endemol UK subsidiary Zeppotron, played well with younger viewers – 44% of its audience was made up of 16 to 34-year-olds, compared to BBC1's 20% and ITV1's 15%.
It is quite possible that if he wins the election, more hawkish elements of his party will restrain his reflationary impulses.One worry, however, is that he is already on record as saying he would appoint a more like-minded governor than Mr Shirakawa in April in other words, his man, not the BOJ's.
