I’d seen how just a handful of votes in every precinct could mean the difference not just between one candidate and another but between one value sys… - Michelle Obama

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I’d seen how just a handful of votes in every precinct could mean the difference not just between one candidate and another but between one value system and the next. If a few people stayed home in each neighborhood, it could determine what our kids learned in schools, which health-care options we had available, or whether or not we sent our troops to war. Voting was both simple and incredibly effective.

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About Michelle Obama

Michelle LeVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American lawyer who is a former First Lady of the United States as the wife of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States of America.

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Birth Name: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson
Alternative Names: Michelle LaVaughn Obama Michelle Robinson Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama First Lady Michelle Obama
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When we allow ourselves to celebrate tiny victories as important and meaningful, we start to understand the incremental nature of change — how one vote can help change our democracy; how raising a child who is whole and loved can help change a nation; how educating one girl can change a whole village for the better.

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