claim: "eight million americans have dropped out of the work force since (barack) obama became president. ... the real unemployment rate is 19 percent."
author: restore our future
evidence_1: jan 18, 2017 ... as president barack obama prepares to leave the white house, we look at his  legacy for creating jobs, including wage growth, unemployment rates, and more.  ... roughly one out of every six prime-age american males (ages 25 to 54) has  either dropped out of the workforce or is otherwise unemployed.
evidence_2: jan 12, 2016 ... since president barack obama first took office: homicides have dropped 13  percent, but gun sales have surged. the economy has added more than 9 million  jobs, and the jobless rate has dropped to below the historical median. the  number of long-term unemployed americans has dropped by 614,000 ...
evidence_3: mar 24, 2016 ... with president obama's gas tank now less than an eighth full, it's amazing where  he has taken black americans. mainly, it's been a ... down 30.7 percent. the  unemployment rate for black teenagers (ages 16 to 19) also declined over the  same period, from 35.3 percent to 23.3 percent — down 34 percent.
evidence_4: jul 11, 2016 ... summary. since president barack obama first took office: the economy has  added more than 10 million jobs, and job openings are at a 15-year high. the  unemployment rate has dropped well below the historical norm, but long-term  unemployment remains higher than at the start of the great recession.
evidence_5: jun 3, 2016 ... the unemployment rate in may dropped to 4.7 percent, bls reported, less than  half of its obama-era high of 10 percent in october 2009. but the labor force  participation rate has deteriorated over obama's two terms.(ap file photo). ( cnsnews.com) - a record 94,708,000 americans were not in the labor ...