Barack Obama

Examples of Barack Obama in the following topics:

• The 2008 Presidential Election

  • The 2008 U.S. presidential election possessed many unique attributes and was won in a historic landslide victory by Democrat Barack Obama.
  • Barack Obama, the junior U.S. senator from Illinois, was nominated as the Democratic candidate while John McCain, the senior U.S. senator from Arizona, was nominated as the Republican candidate.
  • Barack Obama won the election by a historic majority vote .
  • While John McCain won the majority vote in traditionally Republican states and in his home state of Arizona, Barack Obama's wins in his home state of Illinois, the Northeast, and the swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania precluded a McCain victory.
  • After winning the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama was sworn into office on January 20, 2009.

• Age and Participation

  • The youth vote contributed to the success of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, as young volunteers provided countless hours of campaign support.
  • Barack Obama's presidential campaigns were successful partly as a result of youth participation.

• The 2012 Presidential Election

  • Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected President of the United States on November 6th, 2012, serving a second term as the nation's first black president.
  • Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected President of the United States on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012.
  • The Democratic Party Candidate, President Barack Obama, sought re-election for his second and final term as president.
  • The Democratic nomination was uncontested with the incumbent, President Barack Obama, running for reelection .
  • Incumbent President Barack Obama was the Democratic candidate for the 2012 presidential election.

• The 2008 Election

  • In the United States presidential election of 2008, Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain.
  • Democrat Barack Obama, the then junior Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior Senator from Arizona.
  • Born in Hawaii in 1961 to a Kenyan father and an American woman from Kansas, Barack Obama excelled at school, going on to attend Occidental College in Los Angeles, Columbia University, and finally Harvard Law School, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.
  • On August 28, 2008, Obama formally accepted the Democratic nomination for President.
  • John McCain supported the war while Barack Obama opposed it.

• The Obama Administration

  • As President, Barack Obama addressed a global financial crisis, legislated health care reform, and sharply reduced military commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • The Presidency of Barack Obama began on January 20, 2009, when he became the 44th President of the United States.
  • Barack Obama is the first African-American president of the United States, as well as the first to be born in Hawaii.
  • During Barack Obama’s second term in office, courts began to counter efforts by conservatives to outlaw same-sex marriage.
  • President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on Operation Neptune's Spear, a mission against Osama bin Laden, in one of the conference rooms of the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011.

• The 2012 Presidential Election

  • Barack Obama was re-elected President of the United States on November 6th, 2012, defeating Republican opponent Mitt Romney.
  • Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected President of the United States on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012, serving a second term as the nation's first African-American president.
  • The Democratic nomination was uncontested with the incumbent, President Barack Obama, running for reelection.
  • The first took place on October 3rd between Obama and Romney.
  • Incumbent President Barack Obama was the Democratic candidate for the 2012 presidential election.

• Campaigning: Traditional Media, New Media, and Campaign Advertisements

  • This was particularly clear by then-candidate Senator Barack Obama's use of social media in the 2008 election.
  • In the 2008 and 2012 elections, Barack Obama supporters could sign up for volunteer shifts and donate funds through apps on their mobile phones.
  • The campaign's social website, my.BarackObama.com, utilized a low cost and efficient method of mobilizing voters and increasing participation among various voter populations.
  • President Obama's efforts to reach out through new media are credited with bringing in the support of young Americans and contributing to his 2008 victory .
  • This image shows President Obama answering tweets, demonstrating his proficiency with social media and appealing to younger voters.

• The Role of Age

  • Barack Obama was particularly noted for his popularity among young people.
  • Obama's campaign managers understood younger voters tended to ignore politicians because politicians tended to ignore issues which most concerned them.
  • Politicians such as Obama focus on issues that are relevant to certain age groups in order to mobilize support.
  • Obama's ability to focus on these issues and reach out to young people is seen as one of the reasons for his success in the 2008 presidential election .
  • Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign was notable for attracting large numbers of young voters.

• Gender Inequality in Health Care

  • Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (informally called "Obamacare"), passed under President Barack Obama in 2010, insurance companies would be prohibited from charging men and women differently.
  • The Obama administration faced another controversy over gender equity in healthcare in 2012 with the administration's contraceptive mandate.
  • The effective meaning of Secretary Sebelius' announcement was that contraceptives are considered by the Obama administration to be a requisite component of health care.
  • President Barack Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden and senior staff, respond in the Roosevelt Room of the White House as the House passes the health care reform bill.

• Obama vs. the Lobbyists?

  • Early in his presidency, Obama said "[lobbyists] won't find a job in my White House," but softened his stance later in the campaign.
  • Early in his presidential campaign, Obama stated that "they [lobbyists] won't find a job in my White House", but softened his stance later in the campaign.
  • As of March 21, 2009, at least thirty officials appointed by Obama had been lobbyists in the past five years.
  • USA Today reported that 21 members of the Obama administration have at some time been registered as federal lobbyists, although most have not within the previous two years.
  • Starting his presidential years as an outspoken advocate of lobbying regulation, President Obama's actions in relation to lobbying have led some to believe that he has not lived up to the high ethical standards that he set out for himself.