How America Changed Under Obama [A Data Analysis]

A data-driven look at how the U.S. changed under the presidency of Barack Obama.
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In 2008, Barack Obama was the change candidate. This is a data-driven look at how much America transformed during his eight years as our President. Pause or rewind the video if you need more time with any of the data.
After spiking during the Great Recession, the unemployment rate is below 5% today.
And the stock market has more than doubled.
Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, plunged the percentage of adults without health insurance to the lowest level in history.
While the share of income going to the top 1% has continued to increase, average Americans saw the biggest jump in their household income ever in 2015, and the biggest drop in poverty since the great society programs of the 1960’s.
The violent crime rate is down almost 20% from when Obama took office.
America’s image abroad was lifted as President Obama turned away from the policies of George W. Bush and toward a more active pursuit of diplomacy to solve problems.
Today, there are less than 15,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, compared to the 175,000 when he took office.
But this was coupled with Americans themselves becoming more wary of international engagement.
On energy, the Obama administration has reduced carbon emissions by 9.4%, greatly expanded wind and solar power, and cut America’s dependence on foreign oil by more than half.
In 2015, for the first time since at least 1980, the number of inmates in federal prisons actually declined.
8 states have now legalized marijuana and - for first time - a majority of Americans overall support legalization.
A majority of Americans also favor the Supreme Court’s ruling that essentially legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Culturally, the biggest change came when Apple released the first iPhone during Obama’s campaign for the democratic nomination in 2007. In the decade since, smartphone use has exploded and about half of all Americans now own a tablet too.
But all that technology has led to a constant stream of stories and images of violence and victimization, especially at the hands of police, seen all over the social media feeds of many Americans, that’s led to a widespread perception that race relations have deteriorated.
Millennials are now the nation’s largest living generation and the biggest potential voting block.
For the first time in 2013, the majority of newborn babies were racial or ethnic minorities, and a record-high 12% of newlyweds married someone of a different race.
Despite some people’s perception, the past seven years has seen little change in the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States, there was actually a net loss of over 100,000 immigrants who went back to Mexico.
The biggest religious trend during Obama’s presidency is the rise of those claiming no religion at all--a group now making up a quarter of the population, and 35% of millennials.
As you can see from President Obama’s approval ratings among democrats and republicans, modern America has never been so divided along partisan lines.
Far more democrats than republicans now say immigrants strengthen the country; and when it comes to guns, far more republicans now think we should prioritize gun rights over gun control.
For various reasons, both democrats and republicans have much less faith in government. Most Americans didn’t think the government’s actions after the financial crisis helped them.
On national security, after the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, for the first time since 9/11, the government’s job rating on terrorism turned negative.
And, driven by the campaign of Donald Trump, Republicans have suddenly become anti-free trade and globalization. As you can see, Democrats’ views have remained roughly the same.
Only one-third of Americans used social media in 2008, but by 2015 that rate was 75%.
Obama was also the first Internet video president, as this media genre came of age during his time in office. KZbin now has over a billion users.
In 2016, more American adults learned about the presidential election through social media than through print newspapers, with seven-in-ten getting their news through a mobile device.

[@midlight25]

"The unemployement rate is below 5% today." Yeah, enjoy that while it lasts...

[@lamomba6788]

where exactly did you get that number?

[@itsbonniefay2417]

0:16

[@midlight25]

@@lamomba6788 0:16

[@keanureeves9802]

This was made 3 years ago. If they made that chart today it be like 25 % today. No joke I’ve never felt so blessed to be working. California still shutdown by law and they expect people to still pay rent something shady is going on.

[@danaugustsimeon1177]

Hahahah! Today....means 4yrs ago

[@kedaariyer4887]

I like how Trump supporters are STILL calling this fake even tough he literally provided sources for EVERY single chart, graph, or data table in the video

[@ocularzombie6679]

That doesn't prove your point.

[@Jae77]

@@ocularzombie6679 yes it does?

[@ocularzombie6679]

@@Jae77 ignore that i was an idiot back then

[@Jae77]

@@ocularzombie6679 haha it's all good as long as you realize

[@kyler1297]

@@ocularzombie6679 damn how history and time can change us

[@stumped2647]

I get pretty mad when people say Obama didn’t do anything... thank you for making this video

[@yurigargari8700]

Stumped264 i guess you stay mad since its true. He did nothin

[@jollysteffen]

He did stuff. But not everything was good

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

@@yurigargari8700 Please watch the video.

[@ardivachambers6927]

DITTO!

[@bluebubble2703]

@@jollysteffen i agree he did rlly good things but not all but i would VERY MUCHH prefer him over trump and yes im 12

[@Slashplite]

*Its biased*. You introduced his successes (which I agree with) and failed to show his flaws. That's what I hate about TDC and modern media. They show only one side of the picture. Examples: corruption massively increased, US is bombing currently 7 countries, US is a part of the genocide in Yemen, because its sponsoring and sending weapons to Saudis and Qatar. US destabilized Libya, not to mention Syria. You didnt mention decline in way of life *regionally*. Poor people from middle America states got poorer, lost their jobs. Of course if you are counting California and New York you gonna have increase overall. *Bias*. Drugs and pharmaceutics got insanely expensive.

[@lightningchief8589]

Slashplite good out weigh the bad you idiot

[@rickiex]

farming isn't the same in the mid west bro. same thing happened to Cotten farming when the us went into industry age, we're now witnessing an technology age.

[@danielm5633]

Slashplite no, these are stats straight from the Pew

[@whyguitarguy1]

Slashplite he's talking about this as a whole. As in what's been done. Think about it. People want to see and hear things going good. Not the bad, because we already know the week be bad. As with every president. It'll be the same with Trump. but let's hope Trump and other future Presidents do better. Because it'd be foolish to want your leader to do worse than the last one. that's like wanting your pilot to crash the plane you are on.

[@hschsc1300]

Obama was fighting for drugs to lower in cost. However, some of his fellow Democrats like Booker stopped a bill from passing.

[@mattc3738]

I like how people are finding opinions in this video when there are none. Its literally just graphs guys, no analysis just objective commentary

[@lucasdurham6830]

“While democrats opinions stayed relatively the same” not biased at all hm....

[@thomasleitch5150]

Lucas Durham MTB they stayed they same which was shown on the graph presented. It showed clearly they’re views didn’t change

[@kavinsky2]

Lucas Durham MTB Lol, you think they are biased just because the word Democrats was mentioned? You moron.

[@sarvman]

During my college time getting my Engineering degree, one class was about Engineering Statistics. The Instructor demonstrated to the class how ANY number can be graphed to show good or bad depending on what you needed or wanted. I graduated in 2011. I was 51.

[@rjphillips4777]

Crazy Me that’s why you also have to look at where the numbers are coming from and if they are established respectable institutions or not

[@user-gl9mf3zo7r]

If the young and educated get out and vote, they can control the direction America and the world head in. We can either fight climate change or deregulate environmental protections. We can either bailout the American people or bailout large corporations who's bottom line is turning a profit. We can have universal healthcare or we can have for profit insurance and hospitals. You have the choice, Go Vote.

[@joshuavercide8231]

The young Americans is brainwashed by they're racist parents might be worse🙄🙄🙄

[@timmytanga7458]

Think what you want of Obama as a person, but as a leader he's undeniably been great for the US. Happy to see the stats over carbon emissions. Too bad Trump is anti-science in that matter

[@thecoolestkingphenomenal4464]

People say Obama made Usa in debt.Obama did great and improve and better then Bush.People should give Obama credit.

[@electro3dm119]

Keon Pugh of white Obama doubled our debt. I don't even no if I want to argue with you cause you are clearly an idiot.

[@thecoolestkingphenomenal4464]

Electro 3DM Obama didnt made us in 2xdebt.Why u guys saying he horrible President when the gas price went down and more jobs were made by Obama.

[@thecoolestkingphenomenal4464]

Electro 3DM And if u didnt want an argument then why u respond to me.Keep your opinnion to your self.

[@solortus]

Adding 10 Trillion to the debt? nothing to see here folks, it's not really important.

[@ericchen3923]

So Obama did better than Bush. That's like saying a third grader did better than a first grader on a math test. It would be a surprise if anyone could do worse than Bush.

[@demoninbed]

"2/3 Americans believe that most jobs will be done by robots in 50 years," ok good.... "but 80% believe their job will still exist" *flips table

[@ZhangtheGreat]

This doesn't surprise me. Many Americans feel they're "above" the statistics. It's similar to how so many of us criticize Congress but love our own Congressional representative. We're stubborn and expect others to change for us, but refuse to change for the betterment of others.

[@chango6996]

So people cant adapt?

[@brandonr7210]

I hope we have our jobs or else AI will take over

[@lordvoldemort5725]

What? I don’t understand this joke-

[@DavidDragonstar123]

@@brandonr7210 And that's... bad?

[@thefozzybear]

Glad I watched it before Trump censors this video.

[@TheSnapback]

He can't censor it, because, first amendment

[@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel]

In 2008, Barack Obama was the change candidate. This is a data-driven look at how much America transformed during his eight years as President of the United States.

[@cristianizquierdo1916]

no info about bombs per hour? I heard a bomb was dropped every 20m... it might be better not to tell that to people

[@indigodragon0613]

Cristian Izquierdo That's been America since it was founded. With Trump wanting a new nuclear arms race, we will likely go to war with several other countries, eventually ending in the destruction of the planet.

[@rickiex]

+Cristian Izquierdo tbh I really don't care what ya "heard". I "heard" he was a Muslim, is that true too? present facts and data or gtfo

[@Candyliz2003]

The data on net immigration didn't mention deportation numbers - was that a part of the analysis? And I must concur with +Cristian Izquierdo that bombs and drones appear to be missing here. I love Prez Obama, but if we are to improve ourselves we need to acknowledge our short-comings as well as where we excel.

[@occhamite]

+The Daily Conversation A load of garbage. The ONLY reason the "unemployment" rate is "low" is because Obama stopped counting people who quit looking. It's the same lying game he played with 'deportations': people turned away at the border suddenly became "deportations' , so O. could bogusly argue he deported more people than anyone in history, all the while illegals were flooding in, unchallenged. Blacks on welfare up 58% under Protector Of Minorites O........ etc etc etc.....

[@skx444]

greatest president in history

[@electro3dm119]

SKX44 more like worst

[@skx444]

no that would be our current president

[@michaelcantu6071]

+SKX44 what mental disorder do you suffer from?

[@skx444]

Same to you. Obama has done nothing but good. He's had a few shortcomigs but he's the best president since clinton

[@michaelcantu6071]

+SKX44 I really can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

[@CCJJ160Channels]

“Life was better under Obama, look at these charts, graphs and data.” Trump supporter. ‘Oh, yea? OBAMAGATE!’

[@steven16451]

Trump supporters are all brain dead if they believe his lies

[@brevinbucher1458]

@@steven16451 What has he lied about?

[@misterfister4188]

SwiftBrev r u kidding?

[@steven16451]

my misunderstanding I thought you were praising TRUMPTY DUMPTY. HE HAS LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING

[@steven16451]

YEH RIGHT I HAVE NAME FOR TRUMP NARCISTIC PATHOLOGICAL LYING BULLY.

[@wandefter]

This is just facts There's no opinions here mate

[@Goggordonfdsa]

bruh

[@akshaykumarshastry565]

This comment thread's aged so well. I'm in splits.

[@dollarstorebarrontrump1141]

The amount of butt hurt Republicans saying this is bull are just too “proud” to admit a black man was a good president.

[@TheSnapback]

They will go out of there way to find any reason why Obama was a bad president. Most of their reasons are dumb af anyways

[@Paperflower.]

@@TheSnapback like locking kids in cages?

[@cya4009]

Paperflower you mean like trump?

[@Paperflower.]

@@cya4009 That started in the Obama administration Nd under the Trump administration, they started working to get rid of it. The media is your worst enemy, not Trump. Even now they act like Obama is still the president. Isn't it funny how they paint him as charismatic and great when as the first Black president he did nothing for Black people? He even said it was nearly impossible to fix some issues in the black community although Trump put out prison reform which helped black men get jobs instead of going back to a lifestyle of selling drugs and more illegal activity. Do you know what the main problem is in the black community? Fatherlessness. With that prison reform, more fathers can actually be the pillar of the family and work for their kids. All this, Nd 90% of college kids and young adults think Trump is a racist. I don't think he's the best personally, I think that if he was younger then he would be the perfect president, but just because someone isn't perfect, doesn't mean that you should make him seem like the worst person on earth. I rest my case.

[@cya4009]

Paperflower yippie, Donald Trump did stuff for our community😐. Do you think that means we should be proud of that when he still doesn’t stand for us or with us? Passing policies is something all presidents do, but people know the difference between a president doing because they actually care and one doing because they want to look better People consider trump a racist because idk, using racist language and building a campaign on keeping our immigrants. We call him the worst because we don’t see good in him. Yes, Obama did little for the black community, but he had some type of care for minorities that was genuine since he is one himself. Trump may not be the absolute worst, but doing simple things doesn’t change character

[@anthonylong9067]

Dont mind me. Just looking for butthurt republican comments. Not a liberal nor conservative. Just here for some form of entertainment

[@normanalvarez5751]

Anthony Long Trump 20/20 losers

[@bunnyfish714]

I don't think trumpsters can read,or write

[@ronniecollum8794]

Fish , I voted Trump but i do not call myself a republican , there are to many that are part of the swamp. Fish you could get a mirror and look at your face , it's a hoot .

[@monkeyt1554]

Don't mind me. Just found the graphs in the video very misleading. Not a conservative or anything

[@DaDicksta]

Anthony Long YESS!!! The political gangbanging is so super lame af, but funny. Both parties are responsible for the slow destruction of America, but they're both trying to prove one is better than the other. I say we are better off to get rid of them both

[@TheSnapback]

2000 people don't like facts apparently.

[@GBart]

Odd how our trust in government is decreasing while the effectiveness of our government is actually increasing

[@GBart]

ok...?? I agree. That's why I didn't mean it that way.

[@geminix365]

Effectiveness in increasing inequality

[@appleapple143]

geminix365 Why not watch the video, idiot?

[@GBart]

Cody Mcgonagill that's not the bottom line. you're trying to blame Obama for Bush's spending increases. Obama inherited a $1.5 trillion deficit from Bush. He reduced it. Not as good as Clinton did but a lower deficit is progress. That's the bottom line

[@GBart]

Cody Mcgonagill lol, whoops, I thought this was a different comment thread, my bad

[@hellboy6507]

When I become the dictator in 20 years, I'm gonna make things better than ever. So good, that we will truly be #1.

[@ConsciencepartyUSA]

I’m guessing they will make a similar video on trump when his term is over or if ever it is over.

[@realdeal5712]

Prob. They didnt even any bad part, like obama break nearly half of his promise while trump complete nearly all of his promise

[@ConsciencepartyUSA]

Real deal u may say that but u don’t even bother to understand why Obama wasn’t able to do most of what he promised. I’m willing to explain it to you but are you willing to read what I have to say. Probably not. And idk what race u r but I’m assuming white bc of what u said about Obama. As for me u can say I’m black and white bc I have white skin and black hair. But actually I’m Asian. And just to let u k the elderly traditional Asian ALL hate black ppl no matter who they no matter how rich are. Ik this bc that is how my parents are one of my aunts are and mostly definitely my grandmother is. But I still love her at least. There were days when I asked them all how would they feel if I married other races. Especially black ppl and boy were they pisst. Just by me having to ask this simple question. Pretty much how senator sessions Paul Ryan and McConnell were so pisst when a black person became president they did everything they could to stop Obama from doing all that he promised. And how may that have been possible u may ask. Bc the right wing had power over both parties at the time. So the democrats couldn’t have much to say. Republicans were basically playing dirty. Dirtier then how a black person may look just bc his skin is darker. And if you bother to tell me that I am completely wrong about this with all that Trump is doing right now, would they let him if he was actually black?

[@MineAppleKhan]

Wonder how Coronavirus will reflect in those graphs lol

[@kkknotcool]

If I ever become president I think I'll start at the bottom of an economic hole. It makes all the numbers look really great.

[@jugganuat6440]

Kkknotcool not if you are too stupid to correct the problem you could make it worse

[@GoogleUser-lk6xn]

Makes it more impressive when u overcome the difficulty of lifting the economy out of that hole as well :)

[@Rager_U]

Just make sure you follow a GOP president, and it should be no problem for you to time it that way.

[@Dougie1969]

@@Rager_U Yeah because Trump sure is digging a hole right.?? IDIOT

[@hans7409]

@@Dougie1969 This comment did not age well.

[@commandersprocket]

Data Analysis and politics...more of this please. I *REALLY* like being able to see the data. Awesome job guy.

[@gca3278]

Obama made nearly everything better, yet Trump saw "so much wrong" with what he was doing. Under Trump everything is back to where it was. In Obama's State of the Union adress he said "I can confidently say that the state if our union is the best it has ever been." Trump can't honestly say that. However he did say it in his last speech where everything he said was totally or partially incorrect.

[@TheSnapback]

We were finally taking our first steps forward, but now we just removed all those steps and are continuing to go backwards

[@Dr-do2vz]

Like for everyday we can wake up from now on and not be in a nuclear winter.

[@usam-zf6gc]

Yeah, we really dodged the bullet by not electing Hillary. If we had, it would be nuclear winter by now.

[@richardharris2494]

3.14159265359 Dr. It can't

[@ferrancabezadevaca8899]

Obama gave Iran nukes basically so thank him if we ever have this conundrum

[@RJ-sr5dv]

Dr Pie, Obama gave the terrorists nukes and $150 Billion in cash. Go eat some pie, clearly you are ignoring the facts

[@spencera3291]

U mean 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944 Dr?

[@Jokester1338]

yo wheres your prediction video?

[@ferrancabezadevaca8899]

Deleted because it was the most incorrect thing to ever grace this earth 400+ for Hillary.

[@no-gracias9863]

Ferran Cabeza De Vaca damn, lol

[@jaredbeasley6348]

How can you dislike this?? Its backed by facts!!! And facts and numbers don't lie!!! He was a great president!!

[@SpartanWasTaken]

Guess the national debt is not data

[@malik250988]

It increased under Trump too. a lot !

[@PatsGators497]

malik qayyum not nearly as much as it did under Obama tho

[@blueissonice4566]

@@PatsGators497Trump has barely finished his first term. Give it some time. Where do u think the money for tax cuts/rebates policies come from?

[@sirpotato9052]

He is just showing facts, and they call Democrats snow flakes.

[@julylafallo]

Thank you for this informative video!

[@Ace1King1]

Fake news.

[@jackhackett4557]

The only thing fake is the dead skunk on Trump's head. That and his birther stupidty, wiretapping stupidity etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

[@Ace1King1]

You'll come around some day.

[@kcoup1626]

to what stupidity??? Not unless Trump's dumping fluoride in the water in hopes of turning us all into one of his brainless troll zombies. Maybe that's what happened to all of them... brain damage from fluoride in the water. Better than the alternative ...

[@stevensmith797]

Um fluoride in water does,nt cors brain damage , the 2 most populist states in Australia have had it for more than 50 years and there is no sign of any damage at all . The only thing that has happened is those 2 states have better teeth than states that don't.

[@SkyTheSorcerer]

Thank god there's a video that is informative and doesn't tell you what to think

[@JarradStrain]

Any chance of a follow up of this video in the lead up to 2020 presidential election?

[@matthewgabino164]

What about the $20 trillion debt

[@bryangonzales7540]

Matthew Gabino they don't like to share that fact

[@roshlouis8767]

Matthew Gabino People forget about the 2008 recession. Obama took the office when the US was most economically weak. Not even God could have fix this mess without borrowing and injecting cash. Thus the debt rise. He must have done something right since the US economy is now well enough to grow back.

[@joshuam9796]

Matthew Gabino The Department of Defense spent around 1trillion dollars for research and development of the F-35 Jump jet and it can't even dog fight against an F-16, so you can't put the blame all on Obama

[@zxcbbnm7552]

Rosh Louis obama spent more than fdr did and fdr had to deal with the Great Depression, world war 2 and the marshall plan which cost more than the war

[@stephenkelly8169]

Orangutan but you have to understand, everything was cheaper then

[@meepster554]

liberal: I have facts that Trump is good Non-liberals: See trump is amazing and perfect liberal: I have facts that trump may not be as popular as other presidents Non-liberals: you liar, crying libtards can't get over trump winning. Lol just move on

[@WildVikingMarauder]

Meep Ster Ok you show me a liberal spouting off facts of how good Trump is and people can take your comment from there.

[@craezee5984]

this is the most autistic comment ever lol

[@Ludwig1625]

CraEZee Trump supporters: This is the most autistic comment ever

[@kcoup1626]

Aaron ... MAKE TRUMP DO SOMETHING GOOD AND WE'LL SPOUT OFF ABOUT IT! :-D

[@jfs5873]

lmao most of the time both sides are equally biased, however liberals are also the homes to feminists and complete idiots which is what most republicans are referring to. I have great respect to the liberals that are what liberals should be not the crappy feminist liberal.

[@jeremiah1412]

It's shocking, that some hated him so much, they were willing to give up their eyes to hate him.... "SAD"

[@tjk7234]

Jeremiah I never understood the unjustified hatred that the returdlicans have for that good man, it’s beyond ridiculous and very sad. He did a very effective job as president, especially when you consider how much he was obstructed by the racist Republicans.

[@mohamedsudheer9163]

And America still got the audacity to insult this man smh the shame

[@Otterstone]

It's more criticize than insult. Honesty sometimes they're not wrong.

[@magiccarp3710]

Drop in poverty you mean because everyone in their 20s-30s still lives at home.

[@waranle961]

Michael Guzman get a job you bum

[@scofield1154]

not my fault you 20s kids had so many kids.. 7.5 billion while it was 4-5 in 1920's

[@CavemanJesus4Life]

I lost my house not due to that I couldn't afford. I lost it because I was scammed by the banks who wouldn't refinance me. So its no surprise that many people are staying with family rather than buying a home for themselves. All the while sticking with family you're able to save money. Then live on your own when you have enough because Job Security is no longer a thing in this country anymore. Its heartbreaking but an eventual truth.

[@CavemanJesus4Life]

actually it was 2 billion in the 1920's. The Baby Boom happened after WW2 and the population grew by over 3 times.

[@kellerweskier7214]

somewhat, yea. their Dad didnt die in a war against terror, but was doing it in a country that didnt matter, because the president at the time (Bush) was a Big Oil family from Texas.

[@TheSashaGreyExperience]

A third term would be a dream

[@XPswagg]

good work

[@JohnSmith-ep4ui]

Where did you do your polling? Who did you poll? Who did the polling?

[@susantowey30]

He gave safe passage to illegals providing them with new social security numbers and provided them with many government benefits all on the backs of the American taxpayers. He also allowed nearly 3 million Muslims into America without screening them first. Many say he did this to build up a private armed army in the event he needed it.

[@runadamill]

susan towey But yet, who are the ones shooting up schools? White teenage boys/men with irresponsible parents or criminal records. Last time a Muslim shot up a bar was 2 years ago. I can't really think of any illegals shooting up schools or malls! I have yet to see any proof of that first claim. Is that your excuse as to why Trump lost the popular vote?

[@runadamill]

susan towey Safe passage? He deported more people on average per year than any president before him.

[@gabewiseman7777]

Nicholas Shaw I'm pretty sure white teenage boys aren't strapping bombs to there chest and blowing them selves up in the the name of Allah.

[@nephew42]

susan towey why do you people comment ball face lies

[@scottfree9129]

Joe Sharpe we don't but the Democrats do it everytime. Our comments are based on fact and if you'd bother to do some research on topics then right before your very eyes you would see exactly what Obama did to America and how he is being rated as the worst president in our history. He allowed illegals into the US and issued each adult a new social security number and registered them to vote in both state and national elections. But you'd probably call that illegal voter registration "perfectly legal" and also allowed over 3 million Muslim refugees into America being flown in at night and bussed to many small towns across America. Google all this. And why do you stick up for a prior president who did nothing at all to help the black race? When he won his very first term, many of my friends who are African American claimed to no one in particular " that we're finally going to get a piece of the pie"! Well did you or any of your race finally get a piece of the pie, in 8 years?

[@davebb36]

So Obama was an actual president and Trump is a clown.

[@unicornpower2411]

Yep

[@noormuslimah6970]

One thing I know.. Media didn't cover this progress/achievements when Obama was still in WH.

[@claudiocastillo6343]

I like how he said "when that end will come" instead of "when the end will come"

[@StarvinsRoom]

You didn't mention how much the debt has gone up

[@rageraptor7127]

Yamsha 665 the debts gets higher with every successive president. Also 2/3 of it belongs to having to pay back US jobs oversees companies primarily those located in east asia. But alot of it is to china.

[@roddaman7545]

ahhh, but the Deficit went down! It was reduced from 1.6 Trillion in 2009 to less than 0.45 Trillion by 2015. That's a reduction of more than 60%! Of course now, we're looking at a skyrocketing deficit exceeding 1 Trillion WITHOUT a recession! How do you feel about that!

[@ToFester]

Note how they never reply back when true facts are presented to their stupid comment.

[@roddaman7545]

Never, ever.

[@oydessrobinson534]

Or the increase in the racial divide

[@lectorj]

It's hard not to compare Obama to trump or Bush. If you do compare them it's clear Obama was better by far than both. If you look at the numbers it's clear he did a good job. I see it as a very bad think that the spread of political bias and misinformation became much worse in the media under his presidency by no fault of his.

[@e12k4lt4]

I like the fact that the national debt is not mentioned...

[@jackson633]

I thought listening to this at .5x speed would give me more chance to process the information as it was presented, but I ended up just laughing at this man saying Obama really slowly lol

[@tammcd]

5:19 ""Where we'll be at the end of tRUMP's""" Worse off. "and when that will be.""" Not soon enough.

[@user-pt8yx4fr3v]

2.2k dislikes are from trump supporters.

[@TeamCompy]

No dip

[@stevefarrington5618]

He surrendered his citizenship to attend school in Indonesia because it was against the law to attend school there under duel citizenship until 2007. No record shows where he re applied.

[@palitoa1]

A good change by the sounds of. Concerning the ''bad'' change, what impact has it had for USA, and does it outweigh the good?

[@DudeWhoSaysDeez]

Obama was fantastic Any counter argument is invalid

[@eternalvirgin2227]

No this is Patrick Debt?

[@sciencemanguy]

Guantanamo Bay? CIA Torture Reports?

[@MachoTaco24]

Barack Obama: Only $20,000,000,000.99!

[@mwmann3684]

LMAO!! Ya Dummy !!! That's 20 billion. Learn to write 20 trillion; because I'm not showing you ! Smdh Trump said that he LOVES the poorly educated!!😭

[@Iamrightyouarewrong]

Damn, oh well. This is where a time machine would come in handy.

[@1UpsForLife]

woah the last thing i expected to hear was Kevin MacLeod music reminiscent of 2011 minecraft videos lol

[@lonnellshaw8754]

Im black when Obama got in office the crime rate in the black community was crazy high.

[@MichaelSmith-um2uv]

Thanks for pointing that out!

[@cxluisz7464]

I really feel bad that black thugs give you guys such a bad name.

[@kennygwalk5328]

When Obama came to office, crime took a big hit in the DC area

[@kennygwalk5328]

Inebriatd funny, I didn't feel any of that when he got elected. good work with your blanket statements however.

[@bennypacheco9064]

You must be white. Btw good job on you by wasting your time by creating an account just to make a stupid comment

[@WildVikingMarauder]

7,917,000,000,000 other data points that your video missed or forgot about in regards to national debt. 😃 You're welcome and have a wonderful day.

[@Lulu-vi4wb]

The only change I saw was the racial tension between black and white was at its worst.

[@branchyapple]

I wanna see how it looks now

[@seanhiseman4680]

It's not his fault that he couldn't achieve his promises. It is the fault of Congress

[@uss-dh7909]

And still is. Quite interesting how this president is knocking his promises out of the park. Didn't CNN have a stats infographic on all of that a few months ago? I wonder how that's changed.

[@marilyngriffin5070]

Nope, not true. He, mostly, did as he pleased, even unconstitutional actions, and Congress just sat back and did nothing to stop him.

[@karmicobsession1636]

What exactly did he do that was against the constitution Marilyn??

[@ferrancabezadevaca8899]

Obama was drone striking civilian targets because there was a terrorist nearby and got the noble peace prize while breaking the Geneva Convention.. Will you blame congress for that too?

[@tonymasson]

What's the trend for Avg Monthly Total for People Getting their Heads Chopped Off?

[@theonedog6272]

People incorrectly saying Obama is the Worst president Trump:Hold My beer

[@MiahVun]

Thank you so much for this video. I've seen too many videos of people spouting baseless statements just because they "don't really like Trump/Obama". I always live by the statement "let the fruits speak for themselves".

[@tablo1394]

Obama was ok, definitely not nearly the best president but also not nearly the worst. Trump before 2019 was probably in that category also, but Trump is definitely near the bottom today. Coronavirus and police brutality has exploded, he had allowed domestic terrorists like Antifa, BLM, and QAnon to thrive, and has trashed the hell out of our alliances all whille being a terrible example the the American people. It's rational to hate Trump at this point. History will reflect poorly on Trump, and the election should to. #JoJorgensen2020 #LetHerSpeak

[@lawrencecarter4908]

STATS DONT LIE ✊🏿 Obama was the first president I voted for and my personal favorite

[@lawrencecarter4908]

RoK Bottom Studios Revoked? That’s weak

[@lefthanded5473]

Trump is getting my first vote in 2020.

[@wffw-exoticbudz3336]

Vote more!

[@jonathanchilds930]

LOL I love watching the Re Uploads of the vids you deleted after Trump's victory 😂😂

[@ocularzombie6679]

😀

[@lavanniek]

Please give us a list of the sources. Thanks

[@KerriBert]

its called google :rolleyes:

[@MrJoeylj]

So it 2019 did you get your answer?

[@jonathandyer7784]

you forgot to point out how the national debt doubled

[@ferrancabezadevaca8899]

@John Daedalus Obama was drone striking civilian targets because there was a terrorist nearby and got the noble peace prize while breaking the Geneva Convention. Im not gonna lie for all the good or bad he did I still think he should be tried at The Hague for war crimes.

[@ferrancabezadevaca8899]

@John Daedalus To kill terrorists but he was reckless. Protocol I Articles 51 and 54 says it all. The noble peace prize is not for people who drone striking civilian targets. Edit: I don't know what I wrote the first time it was incomprehensible

[@ferrancabezadevaca8899]

@John Daedalus Actually you are correct about this but not in that way the US didn't even sign protocol 1 in the first place but if we are being honest civilians in war should never be bombed under any circumstances. They are not at fault for the war but sadly legally speaking we can't try him for laws that he doesn't follow. I still stand that he should be tried at The Hague for being so reckless with drones.

[@Callllum]

408 the 130 electoral vote hahahahahahahahahhaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha

[@pinkfaerie]

Callum Docherty You still laughing?

[@Nigganigganigga1]

Bet he ain’t laughing no more. His boy getting caught repeatedly in bed with Russia.

[@no-gracias9863]

Xavier Ruiz how wrong you were

[@carolinehughes762]

He used the tone of his voice to its fullest potential like a symphony orchestra. Pitch perfect notes like Malcolm X and Dr. King used their tones

[@ahmedhassan5800]

Great job

[@FaddaWolf]

I'd love to know where you got the data. not doubting, just making sure it's factual

[@WildVikingMarauder]

People should have given Obama more credit for increasing the National Debt...he could have borrowed even more then. Rimshot😂 ohhhh the puns are real

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

Let's have a fact check, nearly every president since 1900s have increased the national debt. If you're a trump supporter, let me tell you that trump has also increased the debt

[@Fenix-sf7tg]

Household income was higher but individuals were staying with their parents into their 30s and the average person's income declined.

[@justinwright595]

Where you got ur citations

[@ruanvisser7592]

please do what you did to your election day prediction video, to your chanel. clearly not working out for you.

[@dontgiveup3238]

the most ridiculous and the saddest thing is how Trump complains about Obama while he is the worst president ever .

[@Otterstone]

Trump had done a lot of good things as well

[@dsdsmitty2]

I worked for an accountant once who said you make numbers do anything you want them to do.

[@steveb796]

I love these FACTS and it helps to use graphs to show the change. I start at 2007 to show how the economy was tanking when O took over, and how quickly it changed- late 2009. From there steady growth. Why doesn’t mainstream media do this?

[@skyhikes]

he did a lot, but the question is what he couldn't do

[@big-bonkin-head1034]

potfarmer420 He wanted to make so much change at the beginning but couldn't. Congress or the Senate getting in the way

[@shamrock141]

SKY HIKES he couldn't stuff nearly as bad as Trump has. In all seriousness every president has ups and downs but I do believe he was a great president for the US

[@siqmadiq2171]

A better title of this video is how america didn't change

[@marilyngriffin5070]

Remember, Obama said he intended to transform America?? And, indeed, he served as the catalyst for doing exactly that, but not in positive and good ways.

[@ZhangtheGreat]

In many ways, it hasn't. Why? Because when change is implemented, there will ALWAYS be a fierce resistance to it.

[@garrymiller3171]

Siq Madiq yea if you just ignore the statistics out of childish jealousy. I know you like your presidents to bankrupt the country. Obama was handed the worst recession since the great depression and turned the country around. Most people with health insurance in the history of our country. Saved the auto industry. Forced predatory lenders to stop scamming people. Helped with student loans. Created an agency to help regular people fight against corrupt banking practices. The crime rate went down. I could go on and on about the great things Obama accomplished. But you keep on living in fantasy land where none of it is real.

[@ferrancabezadevaca8899]

@@garrymiller3171 Obama was drone striking civilian targets because there was a terrorist nearby and got the noble peace prize while breaking the Geneva Convention. I'm not gong to lie statistics or not War Crimes are not good.

[@Nimori]

Wheres their sources?

[@Jaaziar]

Thank you Obama!

[@133col]

Unemployment officially went down because of part-time jobs - over 90% of new jobs were part time (but still jobs, right? so it's good for stats!). Health insurance: yeah duh, because people are penalized if they don't sign up for something many would be getting cheaper without the ACA. A thing Obama excelled at: number of bombs dropped (where is that number?) and of course the best of all: *He increased the national debt by amounts unseen before*

[@hschsc1300]

To be fair, the treasury secretary laughed when one brought up the debt. No one in the position looks at that, they look at the deficit. If you're in surplus, you can pay it off which hasn't happened since CLinton's last year. Obama cut the deficit in half.

[@brainboy109]

"because people are penalized if they don't sign up for something many would be getting cheaper without the ACA." How would it be cheaper without the ACA?

[@TheMCPlayer-er7jy]

133col Obama actually added 10 trillion more dollars to the debt from George Bush's 10 trillion and Trump's tax plan is expected for the U.S to add 10 trillion more dollars to the debt. Plus, when you are trying to get a country out of a Great Recession, it is gonna take a lot of money to do so. Like when far took office in the Great Depression he had to use a lot of government money

[@133col]

+TheMCPlayer2003 I am a bit tired and I misread you. So GWB added $5.8 trillion, not 10. About Trump's tax plan: tell me, how it's going to add another $10 trillion? Broken down per fiscal year would be great.

[@jackd3910]

133col Median household income barely rose under Obama but it's definitely not anywhere near 90% low income jobs the average person works a higher paying job then in 2009. where did u get ur facts? Also yes our debt is bad but he cut our deficit in half which was a great achievement considering he had Congress against him.

[@m.rodrigolemus6224]

OBAMA THE GREAT. 🤗

[@massacmongo995]

Fracking is the main reason we don't import as much oil. Alternative Energy has made inroads in Power generation but has made little difference with transportation

[@kkknotcool]

Natural gas has not many inroads for transport either. but the natural gas is great for heating and some people use/used oil for heating.

[@corkyvanderhaven3391]

Updated video?? 2020 follow up???? Thx

[@hagriever]

To all the "debt" comments, here are some facts: "When Bush’s term started Jan. 20, 2001, the gross federal debt was $5.73 trillion. At the end of his term, Jan. 20, 2009, the gross federal debt was $10.63 trillion. This means that the debt just about doubled under Bush. The gross federal debt under Obama -- as of April 7, 2015 -- is $18.15 trillion. So, the debt is a little more than triple what the debt was when Bush took office in 2001, $5.63 trillion." Both presidents "doubled" the debt, but for those that are saying Obama surmounted a huge amount of debt, it is because you've been told that he "tripled" it base off the 2001 number. Which is factually correct, but to say that he was responsible for the 8 years under Bush is false. (source:www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/apr/09/rand-paul/rand-paul-debt-has-tripled-bush-took-office/)

[@Dougie1969]

They shoulda pit Obama's face on the food stamp

[@pinkietoes]

3:30 the Republicans' favorite pastime: flipping opinions at a moment's notice

[@chkelly17]

What changed in Unemployment

[@Roworld1]

When the opposing party elects a President and they undue policies initiated by the previous President, that is not an accomplishment. You pretty much said f&$k this and undid it. Doesn't take a genius to do. Policies implemented under a President and how that impacted America at the end of their term(s) should be the deciding factor in whether or not a President is "good" or "not"... Great vid btw....

[@thebigsad5402]

He did good and bad for this nation. But I see more negative things about him than positive. He put us in more debt in 8 years than FDR did in 10, and FDR had the Great depression and ww2 going on for him. Pointlessly put us in 3 conflicts(Libya, Egypt, and Syria) Sold most of our jobs to China Screwed over the middle class big time as well as passing the Unaffordable care act. Look how divided the country became during his time in office(He wasn't the main cause but he was part of it) I'll admit he did good things got us out of a recession, gave the order to kill Bin laden, among others but to me he was nothing more than a good speech writer and speaker. He was a likeable man to talk to but his way of running the country just sucked.

[@jerrysamples4636]

Johnny Dotson hu see

[@bollyhood4475]

if only he could run 3 terms.... or 4, 5, 6

[@Terryshowedup]

people in the comments are ridiculous. "why don't you talk about his flaws??" well that's not what the video is about. it's not what Obama's policies were, it's how the country as a while changed during his presidency. this video isn't saying Obama made smartphones and social media popular, it just happened during his presidency. you are all just butthurt that there are undeniably positive outcomes of his presidency like lower unemployment and positive international views on our country. anything involving politics is so divided and angry that we can't even look at unbiased information without getting into arguments lol smh no point even discussing with some people

[@nicolesalmon4583]

How about this one from former President Harry S Truman -" You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break"

[@christianbrother4724]

I don't miss it. After two years of Trump, manufacturing jobs are coming back, Nafta has been re negotiated and we now have the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years.

[@geroestetumor]

And..... none of these statistics are true. What a plot twist.

[@runadamill]

geroestetumor There are links to these stats by the graphs. Feel free to Google them and see it for yourself.

[@ufodeath]

"average americans saw the biggest jump ever in income in 2015" key word "average", that includes the extremely wealthy. if you look at the graph at 0:27 more carefully, you see that the green line representing "the bottom 90%" has effectively flat-lined since 1973.

[@therev012ify]

The one form of data you should be skeptical of are polling statistics