Title: Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign - Wikipedia
Headings: Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign
Contents
End of the primaries
Running mate
Major events
Middle Eastern and European tour
Presidential debates
Saddleback Civil Forum
Victory speech
Fundraising
Chronology
Branding
Logo
Slogan
Hope poster
Typefaces
Campaign songs
Technology
Social Media
MyBo
NationalField
Voter Data
Media campaign
Online advertising
Television advertisements
Infomercial
Other Initiatives
Fight the Smears
Israel for Obama
Political positions
Opinion polling
Election day
Certification of the electoral votes
See also
References
External links

Content: After winning a majority of delegates in the Democratic primaries of 2008, on August 23, leading up to the convention, the campaign announced that Senator Joe Biden of Delaware would be the vice presidential nominee. At the 2008 Democratic National Convention on August 27, Barack Obama was formally selected as the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2008. He was the first African American in history to be nominated on a major party ticket. On November 4, 2008, Obama defeated the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, making him the President-elect and the first African American elected President. He was the third sitting U.S. Senator, after Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy, to be elected president. Upon the vote of the Electoral College on December 15, 2008, and the subsequent certification thereof by a Joint Session of the United States Congress on January 8, 2009, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States and Joe Biden Vice President of the United States, with 365 of 538 electors. Contents
1 End of the primaries
2 Running mate
3 Major events
3.1 Middle Eastern and European tour
3.2 Presidential debates
3.3 Saddleback Civil Forum
3.4 Victory speech
4 Fundraising
4.1 Chronology
5 Branding
5.1 Logo
5.2 Slogan
5.3 Hope poster
5.4 Typefaces
5.5 Campaign songs
6 Technology
6.1 Social Media
6.2 MyBo
6.3 NationalField
6.4 Voter Data
7 Media campaign
7.1 Online advertising
7.2 Television advertisements
7.3 Infomercial
7.4 Other Initiatives
7.4.1 Fight the Smears
7.4.2 Israel for Obama
8 Political positions
9 Opinion polling
10 Election day
11 Certification of the electoral votes
12 See also
13 References
14 External links
End of the primaries
Further information: Barack Obama 2008 presidential primary campaign
On June 3, 2008, after the Montana and South Dakota primaries, he secured enough delegates to clinch the nomination of the Democratic Party for President of the United States. His opponent in the general election, Republican John McCain, passed the delegate threshold to become the apparent nominee of his party on March 4. On June 7, Hillary Clinton, Obama's remaining opponent in the quest for the Democratic nomination, conceded defeat and urged her supporters to back Obama.