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His mother. She was really nice and energetic. he acts just like her, and he even says that she is the person who influenced him to be the person that he is today. He wrote in his book, his former pastor Jeremiah Wright was highly influential.

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Barack Obama has said in his writings that his mother Ann was a major inspiration. She received her PhD in anthropology, but dedicated much of her life to working in the nonprofit world, especially helping women in Indonesia, who did not have a voice in politics at that time. His mother was an advocate for these women and helped them to get financing for small business proposals, so that they could achieve some measure of financial security and independence. Politics, and the role of government, were topics that were often discussed in his home while young Barack was growing up, and as a young man, he decided to study Political Science in college (he received a degree in that subject in 1983). After working as an advocate for the poor in Chicago and then going back to school to get a law degree, he came to believe he could make more of a difference for those who were struggling if he entered politics. He decided to run for the Illinois State Senate in 1996, a race that he won. That is when he gave up the other things he had been doing (teaching law, working as an attorney) and focused on politics.

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According to some news sites Barack Obama was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, who preached non-violence and got independence to India from British rule. He also stood by blacks and fought for their rights in South Africa.

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based on what i know many kids told him he will not become a president or an part of the legislative so that pushed him to study politics

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why did barack obama want to become president

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Gandhi

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