Barack Obama: “Voting is not about making things perfect. It's about making things…”

On the recordNovember 1, 2020

Voting is not about making things perfect. It's about making things better.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Obama encourages voting as a means to improve society, not to achieve perfection.

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