Title: 2008 United States presidential election - Wikipedia
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2008 United States presidential election
Contents
Background
Nominations
Democratic Party nomination
Candidate
Withdrawn candidates
Before the primaries
Early primaries and caucuses
Super Tuesday
Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania
Indiana and North Carolina
Florida and Michigan
Clinching the nomination
Republican Party nomination
Candidate
Withdrawn candidates
Before the primaries
Early primaries/caucuses
Super Tuesday
Third party and other nominations
Candidates gallery
Party conventions
General election campaign
Issues
Iraq
Bush's unpopularity
Age issue
Economy
Health care
Presidential debates
Campaign costs
Expense summary
Notable expressions and phrases
Internet campaigns
Fundraising
Promotion
Controversies
Voter suppression allegations
Media bias
Conduct
Turnout
Ballot access
Results
Results by state
Close states
Statistics
International reaction
Voter demographics
Analysis
See also
Opinion polling
Notes
References
Further reading
Voters
External links

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56th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
For related races, see 2008 United States elections. 2008 United States presidential election

← 2004
November 4, 2008
2012 →
538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout
58.2% 1.5 pp



Nominee
Barack Obama
John McCain

Party
Democratic
Republican
Home state
Illinois
Arizona
Running mate
Joe Biden
Sarah Palin
Electoral vote
365
173
States carried
28 + DC + NE-02
22
Popular vote
69,498,516
59,948,323
Percentage
52.9%
45.7%
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Obama/Biden and red denotes those won by McCain/Palin. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia. President before election
George W. Bush
Republican
Elected President
Barack Obama
Democratic
2008 U.S. presidential election
Timeline
General election debates
National polling
Statewide polling
Parties
Democratic Party
Candidates
Debates and forums
Primaries
National polling
Statewide polling
Results
Nominee
Convention
superdelegates
Republican Party
Candidates
Debates and forums
Primaries
National polling
Statewide polling
Results
Nominee
Convention
Minor parties
Libertarian Party
convention
Green Party
primaries
convention
Constitution Party
All candidates
Related races
House
Senate
Governors
Vice President
Democratic
Republican
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The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior U.S. Senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior Senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska. Obama became the first African American to be elected to the presidency, as well as being only the third sitting United States Senator elected president, joining Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy . Incumbent Republican President George W. Bush was ineligible to pursue a third term due to the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment. McCain secured the Republican nomination by March 2008, defeating former governors Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and other challengers. The Democratic primaries were marked by a sharp contest between Obama and the initial front-runner, former First Lady and Senator Hillary Clinton.