Obama akasarudzwazve kuva mutungamiri wenyika muna Mbudzi 2012, achikunda mumiriri weRepublican Mitt Romney uye akapika kuti atorezve chigaro
musi waJanuary 20, 2013. Munguva yake yechipiri, Obama akasimudzira mitemo yepamba ine chekuita nekudzora pfuti mukupindura kupfura kweSandy Hook Elementary School uye akadaidzira kuenzana kuzere kwevaLGBT vekuAmerica apo hurumende yake yakaisa zvinyorwa izvo zvakakurudzira Dare Repamusorosoro kurova Mutemo weDziviriro yeMuchato wa1996 uye California's Proposition 8 semutemo.