OBAMA RE ELECTION and RETWEET VICTORY: victory tweet becomes most retweeted ever!

US president tweets 'four more years' with picture of himself hugging Michelle

Barack Obama's photo posted on his Twitter account. Photograph: Obama campaign

Barack Obama has celebrated winning another term as US president by tweeting a photograph of himself hugging his wife, Michelle – which almost immediately became the most popular tweet of all time.

Obama brought his sophisticated social media campaign to an emotional climax, proclaiming his victory on Twitter and Facebook just as TV networks were breaking the news.The tweet, captioned "Four more years", was his most re-tweeted — 472,000 shares in three hours and marked as a favourite by more than 70,000— according to Twitter’s politics account @gov. It was also the most popular ever, topping a message from singer Justin Bieber, website BuzzFeed said.

from 

Barack Obama

• ✔

@BarackObama

Four more years. pic.twitter.com/bAJE6Vom

Tags: US president, Michelle Obama, Obama, four more years, tweets, tweet, retweet, tweeting a photograph , social media , Twitter, Facebook, Justin Bieber, Bieber, BuzzFeed