Barack Obama's Presidency

Every couple years one of the biggest topics discussed in the world is the United States Presidency and with it comes the discussion as to the effectiveness of the previous President. Since 2016 is an election year reminiscing what the previous president did becomes very popular and that is exactly the case with Barack Obama’s two terms. When looking back, Obama’s election was historic because of the fact that he was the first African American president. Thus his election was one that caused a lot reform and controversy. This influenced a lot of what Obama talked about publically and it influenced the kind of president he was. Even though Barack Obama faced a lot of adversity, he was able to overcome it through charisma and tenacity to ultimately
One of Obama’s challenges was the U.S economy (Dugan, Par. 2). George W. Bush’s continuous spending resulted in excessive debt and a failing economy thus Americans had to resort to foreclosures and bankruptcies. Because of this situation many people told Obama to address economic issues through different methods. Firstly, eighty-two percent of Americans said it is extremely or very important that the federal government enact policies that will grow and expand the economy. Secondly, seventy percent of Americans wanted to increase equality in the economy (Dugan, Par. 3). As opposed to a mere forty percent that did not believe in the same mindset and believed the economy was just how it was (Dugan, Par. 3). Furthermore, fifty-two percent of Americans believe that the fact that some individuals in the United States are rich while others are poor is an "acceptable part of our economic system (Dugan, Par.4).” Obama overcame this issue by continually striving to make all people feel equivalent by intuiting a progressive tax to help the poor and added free healthcare to aid in fairness. Another challenge Obama faced in 2012 was unemployment, thus when surveyed to name the most important thing that could be done to improve the U.S. economy twenty-eight percent of Americans said to create more jobs (Dugan Par. 9). Obama overcame this by instituting his job plan aiding Americans that are unemployed and trying to give them food stamps so that they could survive. A third challenge Obama faced is his approval ratings (Dugan, Par. 13). When entering office, Obama’s ratings were in the sixty percent range and as his terms increased they continued to drop leading to the thirty percent range, and recently climbing again to the fifty percent range. This occurred