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<blockquote data-quote="JSRG" data-source="post: 77451744" data-attributes="member: 418772"><p>It would have been preferable had you specified it was Barack Obama, as I had no idea until others specified it.</p><p></p><p>As others have noted, you can serve two terms as president due to the 22nd Amendment, so he's ineligible. If someone becomes president midway through a term (e.g. the president dies or otherwise leaves office and the vice president becomes president), then whether it counts as one term for this purpose depends on its length; if it's 2 or more years, then it counts as a term (allowing them to only be elected as president once), but if it is less than 2 years then they can be elected two more times.</p><p></p><p>There is one other exception, technically: The 22nd Amendment does say that it does not apply to the person who is president at the time of its passing, which was Harry Truman. But he died more than 50 years ago, so that doesn't matter anymore. I guess if he comes back as a zombie he could run for re-election.</p><p></p><p>In regards to how many would vote for Obama again if he were eligible? Based on polling information, Obama would probably win re-election pretty handily. At least as of last year, <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/trackers/barack-obama-favorability" target="_blank">he had +11% favorability</a>, which utterly trounces <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/trackers/joe-biden-favorability" target="_blank">Biden</a> and <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/trackers/donald-trump-favorability" target="_blank">Trump</a>, who are are at about -11% favorability. Maybe Obama's edge would decrease if he were running again (his favorability rates while in office were much lower), but it does seem he'd have a very high chance of being re-elected.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JSRG, post: 77451744, member: 418772"] It would have been preferable had you specified it was Barack Obama, as I had no idea until others specified it. As others have noted, you can serve two terms as president due to the 22nd Amendment, so he's ineligible. If someone becomes president midway through a term (e.g. the president dies or otherwise leaves office and the vice president becomes president), then whether it counts as one term for this purpose depends on its length; if it's 2 or more years, then it counts as a term (allowing them to only be elected as president once), but if it is less than 2 years then they can be elected two more times. There is one other exception, technically: The 22nd Amendment does say that it does not apply to the person who is president at the time of its passing, which was Harry Truman. But he died more than 50 years ago, so that doesn't matter anymore. I guess if he comes back as a zombie he could run for re-election. In regards to how many would vote for Obama again if he were eligible? Based on polling information, Obama would probably win re-election pretty handily. At least as of last year, [URL='https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/trackers/barack-obama-favorability']he had +11% favorability[/URL], which utterly trounces [URL='https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/trackers/joe-biden-favorability']Biden[/URL] and [URL='https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/trackers/donald-trump-favorability']Trump[/URL], who are are at about -11% favorability. Maybe Obama's edge would decrease if he were running again (his favorability rates while in office were much lower), but it does seem he'd have a very high chance of being re-elected. [/QUOTE]
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