The incumbent Democrat president achieved the number of electoral college votes needed for a second term on Tuesday evening (November 6) and posted a message to Twitter, saying: "We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. Thank you. -bo"
To celebrate Obama's victory, we take a look back at the best US presidents to grace the big or small screen - from Harrison Ford's heroic James Marshall in 1997's action-packed movie Air Force One to Martin Sheen's charismatic Jed Bartlet in Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing.
Bill Pullman plays president Thomas J. Whitmore in Independence Day in 1996. He delivers an inspirational and motivational speech when the country comes under attack.
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