Why is mahatma Gandhi the inspiration of Barack Obama to become president?

Answer 1

I am not sure that this is accurate. President Obama has said that Mahatma Gandhi was one of his inspirations, but he has also mentioned Martin Luther King, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. And on a more personal level, he has said that his late mother and grandmother were also major inspirations in his life. If you are asking why he named Gandhi, it was undoubtedly because of Gandhi's determination to bring people in his country (India) together, to help bridge the gap between Muslim and Hindu culture, and unite these two groups who had previously hated and mistrusted each other. Perhaps Mr. Obama hoped that he would be able to come to Washington and transform the culture of anger and partisanship, bringing Republicans and Democrats together to get things done.