Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Ka dib markii uu si fudud uga adkaaday Alan Keyes si uu ugu guuleysto kursiga Senate-ka, waxaana loo dhaariyay xafiiska Janaayo 4, 2005, Obama wuxuu qoray "The Audacity of Hope", oo la sii daayay Oktoobar 2006. Inkastoo markii hore uu sheegay inuusan wax qorshe ah u hayn inuu u tartamo madaxtinimada isla markaana uu dhamaynayo mudada uu ku jiro Senate-ka, Obama wuxuu sii waday inuu
waxaa loo doortay madaxweynihii 44aad ee Mareykanka November 4, 2008, asigoo noqonaya qofkii ugu horeeyay ee Afrikaan Mareykan ah oo loo doorto jagada ugu sareysa ee dalka. Bishii Nofeembar 6, 2012, Obama ayaa mar labaad loo doortay xilka madaxweynaha Mareykanka, isagoo ka adkaaday guddoomiyihii hore ee Massachusetts Mitt Romney.