United States Presidential Election of 2008

Table of Contents

Introduction
Background and Context
The Nominees
- Democratic Party
- Republican Party
- Libertarian Party
- Independent
The Also-Rans
- Democratic Party
- Republican Party
The General Election: Key Dates
The National Conventions
- Democratic National Convention
  - City and State Information
  - Convention Highlights
- Republican National Convention
  - City and State Information
  - Convention Highlights
Primary Results
- August 11, 2007: Iowa Republican Straw Poll
- January 3, 2008: The Iowa Caucuses
- January 5: Wyoming Republican Caucus
- January 8: The New Hampshire Primaries
- January 15: The Michigan Primaries
- January 19: The Nevada Caucuses and South Carolina Republican Primary
- January 26: The South Carolina Democratic Primary
- January 29: The Florida Primaries
- February 2: The Maine Republican Caucus
- February 5: Super Tuesday
- February 9
- February 10: The Maine Democratic Caucus
- February 12: The “Chesapeake” Primaries
- February 19
- March 4
- March 8
- March 11
- April 22
- May 3
- May 6
- May 13
- May 20
- June 1
- June 3
Campaign 2004: A Look Back
Historical Election Results
U.S. Presidents

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Date:: November 4, 2008

Participants:: John McCain; Ralph Nader; Barack Obama; Joe Biden; Bob Barr; Wayne Allyn Root; Matt Gonzalez; Sarah Palin

Key People:: John McCain; John Edwards; Mike Huckabee

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On November 4, 2008, after a campaign that lasted nearly two years, Americans elected Illinois senator Barack Obama their 44th president. The result was historic, as Obama, a first-term U.S. senator, became, when he was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, the country’s first African American president. He also was the first sitting U.S. senator to win election to the presidency since John F. Kennedy in 1960. With the highest voter turnout rate in four decades, Obama and Delaware senator Joe Biden defeated the Republican ticket of Arizona senator John McCain, who sought to become the oldest person elected president to ...(100 of 3050 words)

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