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Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, has successfully run for president twice: Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign, a successful election campaign resulting in him being elected the 44th president of the United States; Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign, a successful re-election campaign
On September 4, 2008, the Obama campaign announced they raised $10 million in the 24-hour period after Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's acceptance speech. The RNC reported raising $1 million in the same period. [92] On October 19, 2008, Obama's campaign announced a record fundraising total of $150 million for September 2008.
Obama's campaign had pushed for release of the documents, arguing that their review was necessary to make a full evaluation of Clinton's experience as first lady. [149] Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama , released their tax returns from 2000 to 2006 on his campaign web site March 26, 2008, and he challenged Clinton to release hers.
United States President Barack Obama, a member of the Democratic Party, was endorsed or supported by some members of the Republican Party and by some political figures holding conservative views in the 2008 election. Although the vast majority of Obama's support came from liberal constituencies, some conservatives identified in him shared ...
[66] Relations were also strained between the vice presidential and presidential campaigns when Biden appeared to use his position to bolster fundraising contacts for a possible run for president in 2016, and he ended up being excluded from Obama campaign strategy meetings. [57] The Obama campaign nevertheless valued Biden as a retail-level ...
Obama also issued dozens of executive orders intended to help LGBT Americans, [164] including a 2010 order that extended full benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. [165] A 2014 order prohibited discrimination against employees of federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. [ 165 ]
The Obama coalition was the combination of various voting blocs that supported the candidacy and presidency of Barack Obama. It consisted primarily of racial minorities, along with women and young voters. [ 1 ]
The campaign rhetoric of Barack Obama is the rhetoric in the campaign speeches given by President of the United States, Barack Obama, between February 10, 2007, and November 5, 2008, for the 2008 presidential campaign. Obama became the 44th president after George W. Bush with running mate Joe Biden. In his campaign rhetoric, Obama used three ...