As a child was Barack Obama poor?

Answer 1

I think he was bacuase his dad left his mom when he was little and his mom die because of Breast Cancer i think so he had to live with his Grandma which just died a couple weeks ago

Answer 2

Barack Obama was the son of a single mom. His mother and father were both college students when he was born, but his dad abandoned the family and his mom struggled to make ends meet. Most sources say he was lower-middle class at that time: not exactly poor (thanks to some help from his grandparents, but they were working-class at that time too), but far from being financially secure.

Answer 3

Yes and no. Looking back on it, he was always frustrated by the fact that his father abandoned him when he was only two and he only saw his dad one other time. But in his writings, Mr. Obama has said he got along well with his step-father, and that he was close with his mother and maternal grandparents. Still, his early years were undoubtedly not easy-- he was a biracial child at a time when interracial marriage was not common, and his life was disrupted by his father's leaving, while his mother was still in college. She was not able to provide for him without assistance from his grandparents. It also must have been difficult to be uprooted at age five, when young Barack's mom remarried; the family then moved to a new country (Indonesia), but again, President Obama has said he was not treated badly and made new friends there. Still, he seemed very glad to come back to the United States when he was ten.

Answer 4

He was the son of a single mom. His mother and father were both college students when he was born, but his dad abandoned the family and his mom struggled to make ends meet. Most sources say he was lower-middle class at that time.