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CAPTURING A
PRESIDENCY
HUFFINGTON
01.20.13
On Jan. 20, President Barack Obama will be sworn into office, marking another
four years of high hopes and measured expectations. In the pages that follow,
we trace a visual path of the milestones that shaped his first term in office, each
one raising the temperature of the nation to varying degrees. Beginning with
Nov. 4 2008, we view these moments through our culture’s wildly fluctuating barometer of public opinion: Twitter. It happens that the year Obama made
history was also the year Twitter took off. It grew in visitors by 752 percent in
2008, while Obama harnessed the platform to expand and mobilize his base
of supporters. Ahead, see how the president has watched over
the country in the years that followed Election Day ’08, and
how the most spirited tweeters have in turn kept watch on him.
PREVIOUS PAGE: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; THIS PAGE: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Nov. 4, 2008:
Election Day
“We just made
history. All of this
happened because
you gave your
time, talent and
passion. All of this
happened because
of you. Thanks.”
— @BarackObama
Date 00, 2008
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