what political party is barack obama from?
Democratic Party
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 Democratic Senator and former Governor Evan Bayh of Indiana began a movement for the 2008 Democratic nomination for president of the United States shortly following the 2004 presidential election . 

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 Subsequent to this election Obama was elected to the United States Senate in 2004 . He was then elected President of the United States in 2008 and re @-@ elected in 2012 . 

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 In 2004 , Obama was the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention . After his speech , political pundits speculated about his future as a possible presidential candidate . After being elected to the United States Senate that year , and amid much speculation in the media regarding his future plans , Obama announced that he would seek the 2008 democratic presidential nomination in February 2007 and went on to defeat Hillary Clinton in one of the closest presidential nomination races in American history . He then defeated fellow senator John McCain in the general election to become President of the United States . 

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 On September 25 , Tancredo became the first presidential candidate to be interviewed on Wikinews . He discussed gay issues , immigration , and federalism among others . When asked who he would back if he had to support a Democratic Party candidate for president , Tancredo chose Senator Barack Obama of Illinois remarking : 

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 According to the Gallup Organization , Obama began his presidency with a 68 percent approval rating before gradually declining for the rest of the year , and eventually bottoming out at 41 percent in August 2010 , a trend similar to Ronald Reagan 's and Bill Clinton 's first years in office . He experienced a small poll bounce shortly after the death of Osama bin Laden on May 2 , 2011 . This bounce lasted until around June 2011 , when his approval numbers dropped back to where they were previously . His approval ratings rebounded around the same time as his reelection in 2012 , with polls showing an average job approval of 52 percent shortly after his second inauguration . Despite him dropping to 39 percent in his approval ratings in late @-@ 2013 due to the ACA roll @-@ out , he has climbed to 50 percent in late January 2015 according to Gallup . Polls show strong support for Obama in other countries , and before being elected President he met with prominent foreign figures including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair , Italy 's Democratic Party leader and Mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni , and French President Nicolas Sarkozy . 
