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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.
The Obama campaign raised $32 million in the month of January 2008 alone, from over 250,000 separate supporters. [329] [330] When it was disclosed that Hillary Clinton loaned $5 million of her own money to her campaign, Obama's supporters donated over $6.5 million in less than 24 hours. [331]
RepublicansforObama.org was founded in December 2006 by John Martin, a US Navy reservist. [4] The organization grew to include over 2,500 registered members from across the United States, and was featured in USA Today, The New Yorker and other media throughout the 2008 Presidential Campaign.
[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 advocated for universal pre-kindergarten programs, [172] and two free years of community college for everyone. [173] Through her Let's Move program and advocacy of healthier school lunches, First Lady Michelle Obama focused attention on childhood obesity , which was three times higher in 2008 than it had been in 1974. [ 174 ]
[4] [5] The campaign was marked by a sharp rise in fundraising, including from nominally independent Super PACs. Obama defeated Romney, winning a majority of both the Electoral College and the popular vote. Obama won 332 electoral votes and 51.1% of the popular vote compared to Romney's 206 electoral votes and 47.2%. [2]
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