Does anyone know when Obama was born? Does he have any political achievements?

Full name: Barack Hussein Obama Jr. (translated as Obama in Taiwan)

Party: Democratic Party

Height: 187CM

Public office: 44th President of the United States (56th term) (Term: January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2013)

Illinois U.S. Senator (first elected in 2004)

Illinois State Senator (1997-2004) (January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009)

Professional background: 1993-2004, attorney at Miner Barnhill & Galland LLP (Chicago, IL)

Birthday: August 4, 1961

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii

Residence: Chicago, Illinois

Education: Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 1983

Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1991

Marital status: Married in 1992, have two daughters (eldest daughter: Malia, born in 1999; youngest daughter: Natasha Sasha, born in 2001)

Religious affiliation: United Christian Church (Protestant)

Books: "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" [2006];

"Father "Dreams from my Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" [1995]

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Obama was born in the United States Hawaii, his father is an international student from Kenya, and his mother is a white man from Kansas, USA. Obama graduated from Columbia University and Harvard University. He was first elected as a senator from Illinois in 1996 and a senator from Illinois in 2004. He became the fifth person in the history of the U.S. Congress and the only one in this Congress. A black senator.

In July 2004, the Democratic Party held its national convention, and Obama was designated to give a "keynote speech" on the second day. The so-called "keynote speech" is when Democrats elaborate on the party's platform and policy declaration, usually delivered by the party's most promising political star. The person who gave the "keynote speech" in 1988 was Clinton, then governor of Arkansas. Obama lived up to expectations. He wrote his speech himself and delivered an impassioned speech. In his speech, he proposed to eliminate partisan differences and racial differences and realize the dream of "one America."

The 45-year-old Obama’s speech is very charming, and his bright smile has won the hearts of many people. Compared with previous black predecessors who intended to run for president, Obama is the first rising star to gain national support in pre-primary polls. He defeated Hillary Clinton, one of the popular candidates for the Democratic presidential candidate in 2008, and became the Democratic presidential candidate. .

In just over two years, Obama has created a whirlwind in the political arena. Some people have even compared the "Obama phenomenon" with former President Kennedy's entry into the White House in 1960 with great popularity.

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1. Party primaries

Obama announced his candidacy

Barack Obama announced in 2007 On January 16, 2008, he announced his intention to run for president in 2008. He has submitted relevant documents to the US federal election agency on the same day and established a committee to evaluate the feasibility of his participation in the presidential election.

Obama issued a statement on his website on the 16th, saying that he has been considering whether to participate in the 2008 presidential election for several months, but whether to participate will not depend on media publicity and personal ambition.

Over the past six years, decisions made by the federal government and problems ignored have put the United States in a very unsafe situation, and the United States has been plunged into an "unfortunate and costly" war that should never have been launched. While in Washington leaders are unable to cooperate in a practical way.

Hillary announced her candidacy

On January 20, former President Clinton’s wife Hillary announced her participation in the 2008 US presidential election on her personal website. Her campaign slogan is: I'm here to win.

The struggle between the two parties is fierce

Due to the large number of supporters of both parties within the party, a fierce vote-grabbing battle is indispensable, no less than the subsequent presidential election.

Obama is targeting young voters, especially online. In March 2007, Obama published an article on "Yahoo! Answers" (the US version of Yahoo! Knowledge+) titled "How can we engage more people in the democratic process?" Questions and responses exceeded 17,000. Later, he also opened an account on the social networking site Facebook, and the page became very popular.

The biggest advantage of Hillary is that her husband Clinton and herself are women, which can easily attract the attention of female voters. When pollster Mark Melman asked 10 black women to choose their political hero, eight chose Hillary.

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Obama won the primary, Hillary withdrew

After a series of canvassing, in June 2008 local time in the United States On the 3rd, US Democratic presidential candidate Obama announced that he won the party's primary election and received the Democratic presidential nomination.

On June 7, Hillary officially announced that she would stop running, calling on her voters to instead support Obama, the winner of the party's primary, to become president.

2. Nominating the Vice President and accepting party nominations

On August 23, 2008, Obama announced that he would appoint 65-year-old Delaware senior senator Joe Biden. Biden becomes the Democratic vice presidential candidate. The Obama campaign website said: "Biden brings a lot of foreign policy experience, an admirable record of cross-party cooperation, and a direct way of doing things." Analysts believe that Biden's diplomatic experience will help Obama govern, but he chooses the political arena Having a veteran as his running mate would undermine Obama's legitimacy in emphasizing change.

On August 28, Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at the Invesco Football Stadium in Denver, becoming the first black presidential candidate in the history of both parties in the United States. This day is also the forty-fifth anniversary of Martin Luther’s “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. In his speech, Obama outlined his governing blueprint, covering the challenges of the 21st century such as economy, diplomacy, terrorism, poverty, climate change and disease.

3. Enter the presidential election

After winning the party primary, Obama started his campaign. Especially for the Democratic Party's traditional state divisions and swing states (especially states with extremely large votes), such as Ohio, Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, etc. Achieved impressive results, with polls in multiple states showing that Obama overtook President Trump and party candidate McCain from a previous lag.

Faced with Obama taking the initiative to attack traditional "red states" and leading him in almost all subsequent polls, McCain fought against the odds. As the presidential election approached, he gradually closed in on Obama, but the gap was still 5%. ~10% or so.

4. Winning the presidential election

At 11:00 pm Eastern Time on November 4, 2008, the vote count showed that Obama was elected as the United States with 349 votes, leading McCain by 163 votes. The 56th President. He also became the first African-American president in U.S. history (Obama's father is a Kenyan citizen, and Obama's mother is a white American).

Afterwards, Obama delivered a victory speech titled "Change in America" ??at the campaign headquarters in Chicago, saying that the time for change in the United States has arrived. He talked about the meaning of winning, McCain, family, the death of his grandmother, bipartisanship, and the power of America.

5. Highlights

Just two days before the presidential election, Obama’s grandmother, who had raised Obama since childhood, died of illness. Obama decided to stop all campaign activities and return to Hawaii to be with his family.