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Obama">Early life and career</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_of_Barack_Obama" title="Family of Barack Obama">Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_honors_and_awards_received_by_Barack_Obama" class="mw-redirect" title="List of honors and awards received by Barack Obama">Honors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_image_of_Barack_Obama" title="Public image of Barack Obama">Public image</a></li> <li>Publications <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father">Dreams from My Father</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope">The Audacity of Hope</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Promised_Land" title="A Promised Land">A Promised Land</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama%27s_summer_playlist" title="Barack Obama's summer playlist">Summer playlist</a></li> <li>Non-profit organizations <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Obama_Foundation" title="Obama Foundation">Obama Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_America_Appeal" title="One America Appeal">One America Appeal</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Illinois State Senator and U.S. Senator from Illinois</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_career_of_Barack_Obama" title="Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama">Illinois State Senate tenure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Democratic_National_Convention_keynote_address" title="2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address">2004 DNC keynote address</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_career_of_Barack_Obama" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate career of Barack Obama">U.S. Senate tenure</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States Senate election in Illinois">2004 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bills_sponsored_by_Barack_Obama_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="List of bills sponsored by Barack Obama in the United States Senate">sponsored bills</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">44th President of the United States</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidency of Barack Obama">Presidency</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidential transition of Barack Obama">Transition</a></li> <li>Inaugurations <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="First inauguration of Barack Obama">first</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="Second inauguration of Barack Obama">second</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama">Trips</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama">international</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Presidential_Center" title="Barack Obama Presidential Center">Presidential library</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Tenure</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_100_days_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency" title="First 100 days of the Barack Obama presidency">First 100 days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009" title="American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009">Recovery Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_START" title="New START">Russia nuclear treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="2009 Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodd%E2%80%93Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act" title="Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act">Dodd–Frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Iraq_(2007%E2%80%932011)" title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)">Iraq withdrawal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">Killing of Osama bin Laden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_States_debt-ceiling_crisis" title="2011 United States debt-ceiling crisis">2011 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href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_tan_suit_controversy" title="Barack Obama tan suit controversy">Tan suit controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Iran nuclear deal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_thaw" title="Cuban thaw">Cuban thaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Sanctions against Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Selma_50th_anniversary_speech" title="Barack Obama Selma 50th anniversary speech">Selma 50th anniversary speech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style=""><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Barack_Obama" title="Political positions of Barack Obama">Policies</a></div><div 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Barack Obama administration">Social</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Space policy of the Barack Obama administration">Space</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Appointments</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Barack_Obama" title="Cabinet of Barack Obama">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama">Judiciary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination">Sotomayor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elena_Kagan_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination">Kagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrick_Garland_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Merrick 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Obama served as the 44th <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a> (2009–2017) and as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> (2005–2008). </p><p>A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, Obama was first elected to the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a> in 1997 representing the 13th district, which covered much of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_South_Side" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago South Side">Chicago South Side</a>. In 2000, Obama ran an unsuccessful campaign for <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 1st congressional district">Illinois's 1st congressional district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> against four-term <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rush" title="Bobby Rush">Bobby Rush</a>. In 2004, Obama campaigned for the U.S. Senate, participating in the first Senate election in which both major party candidates were <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African American</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Alan_Keyes" title="Alan Keyes">Alan Keyes</a> running as the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> candidate. Obama won the election, gaining a seat previously represented by Republican <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fitzgerald_(politician)" title="Peter Fitzgerald (politician)">Peter Fitzgerald</a>. </p><p>In 2008, Obama entered the <a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">Democratic primaries</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">U.S. presidential election</a>. Numerous candidates entered initially, but over time the field narrowed down to Obama and Senator <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>. The contest was highly competitive between the two, with neither being able to reach a majority of delegates without the addition of unpledged delegates. Eventually, Clinton ended her campaign and endorsed Obama for the nomination, prompting his victory. He went on to face Senator <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> from <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> as the Republican nominee, defeating him with 365 electoral votes to McCain's 173. </p><p>Obama sought re-election for a second term in 2012, running virtually unopposed in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries">Democratic primaries</a>. His opponent in the general election was former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a>. Obama won 332 electoral votes, defeating Romney who gained 206. After this election, he became the first president since <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin" title="List of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin">receive over 51% of the popular vote twice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Illinois_Senate_elections_(1997–2002)"><span id="Illinois_Senate_elections_.281997.E2.80.932002.29"></span>Illinois Senate elections (1997–2002)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Illinois Senate elections (1997–2002)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1997">1997</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1997"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1997 <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a> 13th district election </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Barack Obama </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>48,592 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>82.16% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#A0522E;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Washington_Party" title="Harold Washington Party">Harold Washington</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Whitehead </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,461 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.62% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rosette Caldwell Peyton </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,091 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.23% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>59,144 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1998">1998</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1998"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1998 <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a> 13th district election </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Barack Obama (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>45,486 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>89.17% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Yesse B. Yehudah </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,526 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.83% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>51,012 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002">2002</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2002 <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a> 13th district election </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Barack Obama (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>48,717 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>48,717 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_(2000)"><span id="United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_.282000.29"></span>United States House of Representatives election (2000)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: United States House of Representatives election (2000)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_election">Primary election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Primary election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2000_Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_election" title="2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election">2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election</a>, Democratic primary </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rush" title="Bobby Rush">Bobby Rush</a> (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">59,599 </td> <td style="text-align:right">61.03% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Barack Obama </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>29,649 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>30.36% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Donne_Trotter" title="Donne Trotter">Donne Trotter</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,915 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7.08% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">George Roby </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,501 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.54% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>97,664 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Senate_election_(2004)"><span id="United_States_Senate_election_.282004.29"></span>United States Senate election (2004)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: United States Senate election (2004)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_election_2">Primary election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Primary election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2004 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> Democratic primary in Illinois </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Barack Obama </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>655,923 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.77% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hynes" title="Daniel Hynes">Dan Hynes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">294,717 </td> <td style="text-align:right">23.71% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Blair_Hull" title="Blair Hull">Blair Hull</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">134,453 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.82% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Pappas" title="Maria Pappas">Maria Pappas</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">74,987 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.03% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gery_Chico" title="Gery Chico">Gery Chico</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">53,433 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.30% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Skinner_(Midwestern_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nancy Skinner (Midwestern politician)">Nancy Skinner</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">16,098 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.30% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joyce Washington </td> <td style="text-align:right">13,375 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.08% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,242,996 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_results_map_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_results_map_by_county.svg/130px-2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_results_map_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_results_map_by_county.svg/195px-2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_results_map_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_results_map_by_county.svg/260px-2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_results_map_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="810" /></a><figcaption>County results of the 2004 senatorial election</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States Senate election in Illinois">2004 United States Senate election in Illinois</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Barack Obama </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,598,277 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>69.97% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Keyes" title="Alan Keyes">Alan Keyes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,391,030 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27.05% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Albert J. Franzen </td> <td style="text-align:right">81,186 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.58% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jerry Kohn </td> <td style="text-align:right">69,276 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.35% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,930 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>5,142,699 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2008_Presidential_election">2008 Presidential election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2008 Presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_presidential_primaries">Democratic presidential primaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Democratic presidential primaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Popular_vote">Popular vote</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Popular vote"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Democratic_presidential_primary,_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Democratic_presidential_primary%2C_2008.svg/400px-Democratic_presidential_primary%2C_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Democratic_presidential_primary%2C_2008.svg/600px-Democratic_presidential_primary%2C_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Democratic_presidential_primary%2C_2008.svg/800px-Democratic_presidential_primary%2C_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="627" /></a><figcaption>First-instance vote by state and territory<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 0;background-color:#800080; color:white;"> </span> Barack Obama (33) </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 0;background-color:#D4AA00; color:black;"> </span> Hillary Clinton (23) </div>   </td></tr></tbody></table></div></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Results_of_the_2008_Democratic_primaries..png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Results_of_the_2008_Democratic_primaries..png/400px-Results_of_the_2008_Democratic_primaries..png" decoding="async" width="400" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Results_of_the_2008_Democratic_primaries..png/600px-Results_of_the_2008_Democratic_primaries..png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Results_of_the_2008_Democratic_primaries..png/800px-Results_of_the_2008_Democratic_primaries..png 2x" data-file-width="1403" data-file-height="915" /></a><figcaption>First-instance vote by county<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 0;background-color:#800080; color:white;"> </span> Barack Obama</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 0;background-color:#D4AA00; color:black;"> </span> Hillary Clinton</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 0;background-color:#FF7F2A; color:black;"> </span> John Edwards</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 0;background-color:#B2B2B2; color:black;"> </span> Tie</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 0;background-color:#000000; color:white;"> </span> No results</div>   </td></tr></tbody></table></div></figcaption></figure> <p>Excluding penalized contests,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> only primary and caucuses votes: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="; margin-right:1em;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">2008 Democratic presidential primaries</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col">Votes </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;">Barack Obama </td> <td style="text-align: right;font-weight:bold;">16,706,853 </td> <td style="text-align: right;font-weight:bold;">49.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,239,821 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">47.67% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Edwards" title="John Edwards">John Edwards</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">742,010 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Richardson" title="Bill Richardson">Bill Richardson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">89,054 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Uncommitted </td> <td style="text-align:right;">82,660 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich" title="Dennis Kucinich">Dennis Kucinich</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">68,482 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.20% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">64,041 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gravel" title="Mike Gravel">Mike Gravel</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">27,662 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Dodd" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Dodd">Christopher Dodd</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">25,300 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Others </td> <td style="text-align:right;">22,556 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>34,068,439 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Including penalized contests: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="; margin-right:1em;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">2008 Democratic presidential primaries</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col">Votes </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18,225,175 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">48.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;">Barack Obama </td> <td style="text-align: right;font-weight:bold;">17,988,182 </td> <td style="text-align: right;font-weight:bold;">47.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Edwards" title="John Edwards">John Edwards</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,006,275 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Uncommitted </td> <td style="text-align:right;">299,610 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Richardson" title="Bill Richardson">Bill Richardson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">106,073 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich" title="Dennis Kucinich">Dennis Kucinich</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">103,994 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">81,641 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Scattering </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44,348 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gravel" title="Mike Gravel">Mike Gravel</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">40,251 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Dodd" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Dodd">Christopher Dodd</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35,281 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.09% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>37,980,830 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Delegate_counts">Delegate counts</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Delegate counts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey;"> <th colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightgrey;"> <th rowspan="2">Candidate </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Delegate_(American_politics)" title="Delegate (American politics)">Delegates</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightgrey;"> <th style="text-align:center;">Pledged delegates </th> <th style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Superdelegates" class="mw-redirect" title="Superdelegates">Superdelegates</a> </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Total delegates </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Barack Obama</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1,795 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">361 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2,156 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1,637 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">285 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1,922 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Edwards" title="John Edwards">John Edwards</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;">Total </th> <th style="text-align:center;">3,436 </th> <th style="text-align:center;">648 </th> <th style="text-align:center;">4,084 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Needed to win </th> <th style="text-align:center;">2,118 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2008 Democratic National Convention">2008 Democratic National Convention</a> (<a href="/wiki/POTUS" class="mw-redirect" title="POTUS">Presidential tally</a>)</b> </p> <ul><li><b>Barack Obama</b> - chosen by acclamation</li></ul> <p>Unfinished roll call (13 states, D.C. <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a> and Democrats Abroad): </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> - 1,011 (24.07%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_results">Other results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="; margin-right:1em;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_primary#Vice-presidential_results" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire primary">2008 New Hampshire Democratic vice presidential primary</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col">Votes </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Stebbins" title="Raymond Stebbins">Raymond Stebbins</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">50,485 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">46.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/William_Bryk" title="William Bryk">William Bryk</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">22,965 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">21.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Edwards" title="John Edwards">John Edwards</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,553 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;">Barack Obama </td> <td style="text-align: right;font-weight:bold;">6,402 </td> <td style="text-align: right;font-weight:bold;">5.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Richardson" title="Bill Richardson">Bill Richardson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,525 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,419 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,512 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">966 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich" title="Dennis Kucinich">Dennis Kucinich</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">762 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">388 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">293 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Dodd" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Dodd">Christopher Dodd</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">224 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">176 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Barnes,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Barnes, Jr.">Jack Barnes, Jr.</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">95 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gravel" title="Mike Gravel">Mike Gravel</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">91 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Joe Lieberman</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">67 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">66 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Huckabee" title="Mike Huckabee">Mike Huckabee</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">63 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani" title="Rudy Giuliani">Rudy Giuliani</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">46 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Darrel Hunter </td> <td style="text-align:right;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>104,118 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_2">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ElectoralCollege2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/ElectoralCollege2008.svg/400px-ElectoralCollege2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/ElectoralCollege2008.svg/600px-ElectoralCollege2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/ElectoralCollege2008.svg/800px-ElectoralCollege2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" title="United States Electoral College">Electoral College</a> map of the 2008 presidential election</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008 United States presidential election</a></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2">Candidate</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">Running mate</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col" colspan="2">Popular vote</th><th scope="col" colspan="2">Electoral vote</th></tr><tr><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Votes</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">%</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Votes</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">%</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#3333FF"></td><td><b>Barack Obama</b></td><td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td><td style="text-align:right">69,498,516</td><td style="text-align:right">52.91</td><td style="text-align:right">365</td><td style="text-align:right">67.84</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E81B23"></td><td><a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Palin" title="Sarah Palin">Sarah Palin</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td><td style="text-align:right">59,948,323</td><td style="text-align:right">45.64</td><td style="text-align:right">173</td><td style="text-align:right">32.16</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DDDDBB"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader" title="Ralph Nader">Ralph Nader</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Gonzalez" title="Matt Gonzalez">Matt Gonzalez</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:right">739,034</td><td style="text-align:right">0.56</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FED105"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Barr" title="Bob Barr">Bob Barr</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Allyn_Root" title="Wayne Allyn Root">Wayne Allyn Root</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a></td><td style="text-align:right">523,715</td><td style="text-align:right">0.40</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#A356DE"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Baldwin" title="Chuck Baldwin">Chuck Baldwin</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Darrell Castle">Darrell Castle</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution</a></td><td style="text-align:right">199,750</td><td style="text-align:right">0.15</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#17aa5c"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_McKinney" title="Cynthia McKinney">Cynthia McKinney</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rosa_Clemente" title="Rosa Clemente">Rosa Clemente</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a></td><td style="text-align:right">161,797</td><td style="text-align:right">0.12</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Others</td><td style="text-align:right">290,626</td><td style="text-align:right">0.22</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td 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style="font-size:85%;">73,138 votes</span> </td> <td><b>0.5%</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">0 delegates</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">41,730 votes</span> </td> <td><b>0.3%</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">0 delegates</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">29,947 votes</span> </td> <td><b>0.3%</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">7 delegates</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">22,858 votes</span> </td> <td><b>0.2%</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">3 delegates</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">15,535 votes</span> </td> <td><b>5.6%</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">79 delegates</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">500,240 votes</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8,903,722 votes</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFD55;"> <td colspan="3"><b>Convention roll call</b> </td> <td><b>100%</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">5,556 delegates</span> </td> <td colspan="8"><b>0%</b> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_3">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ElectoralCollege2012.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/ElectoralCollege2012.svg/400px-ElectoralCollege2012.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/ElectoralCollege2012.svg/600px-ElectoralCollege2012.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/ElectoralCollege2012.svg/800px-ElectoralCollege2012.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption><a 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title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td><td style="text-align:right">65,915,795</td><td style="text-align:right">51.06</td><td style="text-align:right">332</td><td style="text-align:right">61.71</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E81B23"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td><td style="text-align:right">60,933,504</td><td style="text-align:right">47.20</td><td style="text-align:right">206</td><td style="text-align:right">38.29</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FED105"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson" title="Gary Johnson">Gary Johnson</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(jurist)" title="Jim Gray (jurist)">Jim Gray</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,275,971</td><td style="text-align:right">0.99</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#17aa5c"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jill_Stein" title="Jill Stein">Jill Stein</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Cheri_Honkala" title="Cheri Honkala">Cheri Honkala</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a></td><td style="text-align:right">469,627</td><td style="text-align:right">0.36</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Others</td><td style="text-align:right">490,513</td><td style="text-align:right">0.38</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="4">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">129,085,410</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">538</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Obama_coalition" title="Obama coalition">Obama coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Joe_Biden" title="Electoral history of Joe Biden">Electoral history of Joe Biden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Hillary_Clinton" title="Electoral history of Hillary Clinton">Electoral history of Hillary Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Sarah_Palin" title="Electoral history of Sarah Palin">Electoral history of Sarah Palin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_John_McCain" title="Electoral history of John McCain">Electoral history of John McCain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_John_Edwards" 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href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">from Illinois</a> (2005–2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senator</a> from the 13th district (1997–2004)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Life and<br />politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_career_of_Barack_Obama" title="Early life and career of Barack Obama">Early life and career</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_career_of_Barack_Obama" title="Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama">Illinois Senate career</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2004 Democratic National Convention">2004 Democratic National Convention</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_career_of_Barack_Obama" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate career of Barack Obama">U.S. Senate career</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Barack_Obama" title="Political positions of Barack Obama">Political positions</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Administration foreign policy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Cannabis policy of the Barack Obama administration">Cannabis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_on_mass_surveillance" title="Barack Obama on mass surveillance">Mass surveillance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Social_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Social policy of the Barack Obama administration">Social</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Space_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Space policy of the Barack Obama administration">Space</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="2009 Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Wing_Week" title="West Wing Week">West Wing Week</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidency of Barack Obama">Presidency</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency">timeline</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidential transition of Barack Obama">Transition</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="First inauguration of Barack Obama">2009 inauguration</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="Second inauguration of Barack Obama">2013 inauguration</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_100_days_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency" title="First 100 days of the Barack Obama presidency">First 100 days</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency">Timeline</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2009)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2009)">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2010)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2010)">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2011)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2011)">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2012)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2012)">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2013)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2013)">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2014)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2014)">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2015)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2015)">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2016%E2%80%932017)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2016–2017)">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2016%E2%80%932017)#January_2017" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2016–2017)">January 2017</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Foreign policy</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Middle Eastern foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Middle East</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)#Reassessment_and_renewed_commitment_from_2008" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Iraq_(2007%E2%80%932011)" title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)">Iraq withdrawal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">Killing of Osama bin Laden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Benghazi_attack" title="2012 Benghazi attack">Benghazi attack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/US-led_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%932021)" title="US-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)">Return to Iraq</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/US_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="US intervention in the Syrian civil war">War in Syria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Iran nuclear deal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="East Asian foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Pivot to Asia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cuban_thaw" title="Cuban thaw">Cuban thaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Obama_Doctrine" title="Obama Doctrine">Obama Doctrine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/European_foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="European foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Europe</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Economic policy of the Barack Obama administration">Economic policy</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009" title="American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009">American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dodd%E2%80%93Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act" title="Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act">Dodd–Frank Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter_Fair_Pay_Act_of_2009" title="Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009">Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Energy_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Energy policy of the Barack Obama administration">Energy</a>/Environmental</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_R._Lautenberg_Chemical_Safety_for_the_21st_Century_Act" title="Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act">Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marine_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Marine policy of the Barack Obama administration">Marine policy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Energy_for_America" title="New Energy for America">New Energy for America</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Regulation_of_greenhouse_gases_under_the_Clean_Air_Act" title="Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act">Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clean_Power_Plan" title="Clean Power Plan">Clean Power Plan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clean_Water_Act" title="Clean Water Act">Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Healthy,_Hunger-Free_Kids_Act_of_2010" title="Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010">Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_START" title="New START">New START</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Moving_Ahead_for_Progress_in_the_21st_Century_Act" title="Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act">MAP-21st Century Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fixing_America%27s_Surface_Transportation_Act" title="Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act">FAST Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of people granted executive clemency by Barack Obama">Pardons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama">Presidential trips</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2009)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2009)">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2010)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2010)">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2011)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2011)">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2012)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2012)">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2013)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2013)">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2014)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2014)">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2015)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2015)">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2016%E2%80%932017)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2016–2017)">2016–17</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama">international</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama">Judicial appointments</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Supreme_Court_candidates" title="Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates">Supreme Court</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination">Sotomayor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elena_Kagan_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination">Kagan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Merrick_Garland_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination">Garland</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_judicial_appointment_controversies" title="Barack Obama judicial appointment controversies">controversies</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Barack_Obama" title="Cabinet of Barack Obama">Cabinet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Presidential_Center" title="Barack Obama Presidential Center">Presidential Library and Center</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_executive_actions_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of executive actions by Barack Obama">Executive actions</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Barack_Hussein_Obama/Executive_orders" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Author:Barack Hussein Obama/Executive orders">Executive orders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_memoranda_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of presidential memoranda by Barack Obama">Memoranda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Barack_Obama/Presidential_Proclamations" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Author:Barack Obama/Presidential Proclamations">Proclamations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_presidential_transition_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidential transition of Donald Trump">Trump transition</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Plantation_Estate" title="Plantation Estate">Plantation Estate</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Books_by_Barack_Obama" title="Category:Books by Barack Obama">Books</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father"><i>Dreams from My Father</i> (1995)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope"><i>The Audacity of Hope</i> (2006)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Of_Thee_I_Sing_(book)" title="Of Thee I Sing (book)"><i>Of Thee I Sing</i> (2010)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A_Promised_Land" title="A Promised Land"><i>A Promised Land</i> (2020)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Speeches_of_Barack_Obama" title="Speeches of Barack Obama">Speeches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/2004_Democratic_National_Convention_keynote_address" title="2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address">The Audacity of Hope</a>" (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Remarks_of_Senator_Barack_Obama_on_New_Hampshire_Primary_Night" class="extiw" title="s:Remarks of Senator Barack Obama on New Hampshire Primary Night">Yes We Can</a>" (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/A_More_Perfect_Union_(speech)" title="A More Perfect Union (speech)">A More Perfect Union</a>" (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_election_victory_speech" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential election victory speech">Change Has Come to America</a>" (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama#Ceremony:_"A_New_Birth_of_Freedom"" title="First inauguration of Barack Obama">A New Birth of Freedom</a>" (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/February_2009_Barack_Obama_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="February 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress">Joint session of Congress</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/A_New_Beginning_(speech)" title="A New Beginning (speech)">A New Beginning</a>" (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/September_2009_Barack_Obama_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="September 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress">Joint session of Congress (health care reform)</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union" title="State of the Union">State of the Union Address</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2010 State of the Union Address">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2011 State of the Union Address">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2012 State of the Union Address">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2013 State of the Union Address">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2014 State of the Union Address">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2015 State of the Union Address">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2016 State of the Union Address">2016</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Tucson_memorial_speech" title="Barack Obama Tucson memorial speech">Tucson memorial speech</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Jobs_Act" title="American Jobs Act">Joint session of Congress (jobs)</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/You_didn%27t_build_that" title="You didn't build that">You didn't build that</a>" (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Selma_50th_anniversary_speech" title="Barack Obama Selma 50th anniversary speech">Selma 50th anniversary</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama%27s_farewell_address" title="Barack Obama's farewell address">Farewell address</a> (2017)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Illinois</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">State Senate</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama#First_state_Senate_election,_1996" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama#Second_state_Senate_election,_1998" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama#Third_state_Senate_election,_2002" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">2002</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">U.S. House of Representatives</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_election" title="2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election">2000</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">U.S. Senate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States Senate election in Illinois">2004</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Presidential</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign">2008 campaign</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Republican_and_conservative_support_for_Barack_Obama_in_2008" title="Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008">GOP/conservative support</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign_staff_members" title="List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign staff members">staff members</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_primary_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential primary campaign">primary campaign</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">running mate selection</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2008 Democratic National Convention">convention</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2008 United States presidential debates">debates</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">election</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign">2012 campaign</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2012_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2012 Democratic National Convention">convention</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2012 United States presidential debates">debates</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">election</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Family_of_Barack_Obama" title="Family of Barack Obama">Family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> (wife)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Dunham" title="Ann Dunham">Ann Dunham</a> (mother)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Sr." title="Barack Obama Sr.">Barack Obama Sr.</a> (father)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lolo_Soetoro" title="Lolo Soetoro">Lolo Soetoro</a> (stepfather)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maya_Soetoro-Ng" title="Maya Soetoro-Ng">Maya Soetoro-Ng</a> (maternal half-sister)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Armour_Dunham" title="Stanley Armour Dunham">Stanley Armour Dunham</a> (maternal grandfather)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Madelyn_Dunham" title="Madelyn Dunham">Madelyn Dunham</a> (maternal grandmother)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Auma_Obama" title="Auma Obama">Auma Obama</a> (paternal half-sister)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malik_Obama" title="Malik Obama">Malik Obama</a> (paternal half-brother)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marian_Robinson" title="Marian Robinson">Marian Robinson</a> (mother-in-law)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Robinson_(basketball)" title="Craig Robinson (basketball)">Craig Robinson</a> (brother-in-law)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bo_(dog)" title="Bo (dog)">Bo</a> (family dog)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sunny_(dog)" title="Sunny (dog)">Sunny</a> (family dog)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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of Barack Obama">Oprah Winfrey's endorsement</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories" title="Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories">Citizenship conspiracy theories</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_presidential_eligibility_litigation" title="Barack Obama presidential eligibility litigation">litigation</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_religion_conspiracy_theories" title="Barack Obama religion conspiracy theories">Religion conspiracy theories</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Ayers_2008_presidential_election_controversy" title="Bill Ayers 2008 presidential election controversy">Bill Ayers controversy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Wright_controversy" title="Jeremiah Wright controversy">Jeremiah Wright controversy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Republican_and_conservative_support_for_Barack_Obama_in_2008" title="Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008">Republican and conservative support (2008)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Barack_Obama" title="Security incidents involving Barack Obama">Assassination threats</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_assassination_plot_in_Denver" title="Barack Obama assassination plot in Denver">2008 Denver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_assassination_plot_in_Tennessee" title="Barack Obama assassination plot in Tennessee">2008 Tennessee</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Invitations_to_the_first_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="Invitations to the first inauguration of Barack Obama">First inauguration invitations</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/We_Are_One:_The_Obama_Inaugural_Celebration_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial" title="We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial">Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Citizen%27s_Briefing_Book" title="Citizen's Briefing Book">Citizen's Briefing Book</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_protests" title="Tea Party protests">Tea Party protests</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Energy_for_America" title="New Energy for America">New Energy for America</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_arrest_controversy#Presidential_involvement" title="Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy">Gates–Crowley Rose Garden meeting</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Firing_of_Shirley_Sherrod" title="Firing of Shirley Sherrod">Firing of Shirley Sherrod</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Efforts_to_impeach_Barack_Obama" title="Efforts to impeach Barack Obama">Impeachment efforts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_tan_suit_controversy" title="Barack Obama tan suit controversy">Tan suit controversy</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Books_about_Barack_Obama" title="Category:Books about Barack Obama">Books about</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Barack_Obama" title="Bibliography of Barack Obama">Bibliography</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama:_From_Promise_to_Power" title="Obama: From Promise to Power">Obama: From Promise to Power</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama:_Der_schwarze_Kennedy" title="Barack Obama: Der schwarze Kennedy">Barack Obama: Der schwarze Kennedy</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Redemption_Song_(Stanage_book)" title="Redemption Song (Stanage book)">Redemption Song</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Case_Against_Barack_Obama" title="The Case Against Barack Obama">The Case Against Barack Obama</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Nation" title="The Obama Nation">The Obama Nation</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Corruption" title="Culture of Corruption">Culture of Corruption</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Catastrophe_(Morris_and_McGann_book)" title="Catastrophe (Morris and McGann book)">Catastrophe</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barack_and_Michelle" title="Barack and Michelle">Barack and Michelle</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Speech_(Sharpley-Whiting_book)" title="The Speech (Sharpley-Whiting book)">The Speech</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Story" title="The Obama Story">The Obama Story</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Between_Barack_and_a_Hard_Place" title="Between Barack and a Hard Place">Between Barack and a Hard Place</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Game_Change" title="Game Change">Game Change</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama_Zombies" title="Obama Zombies">Obama Zombies</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Victory" title="Conservative Victory">Conservative Victory</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bridge:_The_Life_and_Rise_of_Barack_Obama" title="The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama">The Bridge</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Diaries" title="The Obama Diaries">The Obama Diaries</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Syndrome" title="The Obama Syndrome">The Obama Syndrome</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Identity" title="The Obama Identity">The Obama Identity</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/O:_A_Presidential_Novel" title="O: A Presidential Novel">O: A Presidential Novel</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Where%27s_the_Birth_Certificate%3F" title="Where's the Birth Certificate?">Where's the Birth Certificate?</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama%27s_Last_Stand" title="Obama's Last Stand">Obama's Last Stand</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama:_The_Story" title="Barack Obama: The Story">Barack Obama: The Story</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Down:_Game_Change_2012" title="Double Down: Game Change 2012"> Game Change 2012</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Buyer%27s_Remorse_(book)" title="Buyer's Remorse (book)">Buyer's Remorse</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rising_Star_(book)" title="Rising Star (book)">Rising Star</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Shade:_A_Tale_of_Two_Presidents" title="Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents">Shade</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_as_It_Is_(book)" title="The World as It Is (book)">The World as It Is</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amber_Lee_Ettinger" title="Amber Lee Ettinger">Obama Girl</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Crush_on_Obama" title="Crush on Obama">I Got a Crush... on Obama</a>"</span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Magical_Negro#Barack_Obama" title="Magical Negro">Barack the Magic Negro</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Will.i.am" title="Will.i.am">will.i.am</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Yes_We_Can_(will.i.am_song)" title="Yes We Can (will.i.am song)">Yes We Can</a>"</span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/The_President_Sang_Amazing_Grace" title="The President Sang Amazing Grace">The President Sang Amazing Grace</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/There%27s_No_One_as_Irish_as_Barack_O%27Bama" title="There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama">There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/S%C3%AD_Se_Puede_Cambiar" title="Sí Se Puede Cambiar">Sí Se Puede Cambiar</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/My_President" title="My President">My President</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Deadheads_for_Obama" title="Deadheads for Obama">Deadheads for Obama</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Air_and_Simple_Gifts" title="Air and Simple Gifts">Air and Simple Gifts</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Change_Is_Now:_Renewing_America%27s_Promise" title="Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise">Change Is Now</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hope!_%E2%80%93_Das_Obama_Musical" title="Hope! – Das Obama Musical">Hope! – Das Obama Musical</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_vs._Mitt_Romney_(video)" title="Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney (video)">Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Baracksdubs" title="Baracksdubs">Barack's Dubs</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Signed,_Sealed,_Delivered_I%27m_Yours#Political_significance" title="Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours">Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours</a>"</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film, TV, <br /> and stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/By_the_People:_The_Election_of_Barack_Obama" title="By the People: The Election of Barack Obama">By the People: The Election of Barack Obama</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Change_(film)" title="Change (film)">Change</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama_Anak_Menteng" title="Obama Anak Menteng">Obama Anak Menteng</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2016:_Obama%27s_America" title="2016: Obama's America">2016: Obama's America</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Road_We%27ve_Traveled" title="The Road We've Traveled">The Road We've Traveled</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Southside_with_You" title="Southside with You">Southside with You</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hillary_and_Clinton" title="Hillary and Clinton">Hillary and Clinton</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barry_(2016_film)" title="Barry (2016 film)">Barry</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Great_Divide" title="America's Great Divide">America's Great Divide</a></i> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/We_the_People_(2021_TV_series)" title="We the People (2021 TV series)">We the People</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Renegades:_Born_in_the_USA" title="Renegades: Born in the USA">Renegades: Born in the USA</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama:_In_Pursuit_of_a_More_Perfect_Union" title="Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union">Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Lady_(American_TV_series)" title="The First Lady (American TV series)">The First Lady</a></i> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Picturing_the_Obamas" title="Picturing the Obamas">Picturing the Obamas</a></i> (2022)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Images_of_Barack_Obama" title="Category:Images of Barack Obama">Other media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Barack_Obama" title="Social media use by Barack Obama">Social media use</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Artists_for_Obama" title="Artists for Obama">Artists for Obama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Hope%22_poster" title="Barack Obama "Hope" poster">"Hope" poster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Joker%22_poster" title="Barack Obama "Joker" poster">"Joker" poster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hair_Like_Mine" title="Hair Like Mine"><i>Hair Like Mine</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Situation_Room_(photograph)" title="Situation Room (photograph)"><i>Situation Room</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iman_Crosson" title="Iman Crosson">Iman Crosson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Forgotten_Man_(painting)" title="The Forgotten Man (painting)">The Forgotten Man</a></i> (2010 painting)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a 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