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Senator from illinois and joe biden the senior us.

Virginia election map 2016. Bush term limited senator john mccain of. This marked the first time that nebraska has split its electoral vote since it moved away from the winner take all method in 1992. John mccain r on november 4 2008.

Senator from illinois won the electoral college vote 365173 over republican john mccain a 72 year old us. The result was historic as obama a first term us. During that day the president of the united states and vice president of the united states were selected.

Barack obama from the democratic party defeated john mccain to win the presidency and is the first african american president. In a national election laden with historical significance barack hussein obama captured a decisive majority in the 2008 balloting to become the 44th president of the united states. Obama won the electoral college after receiving 365 votes to 173 votes for mccain.

The 2008 united states elections were held on november 4democratic senator barack obama of illinois won the presidential election and democrats bolstered their majority in both houses of congress. Obama won his partys presidential nomination after defeating senator hillary clinton in the 2008 democratic primarieswith republican president george w. The 2008 united states presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 4 2008the democratic ticket of barack obama the junior us.

They comprised 154 per cent in 2012 171 per cent in 2008 and 16 per cent in 2004. In the 2018 midterm us elections young women had a higher voter turnout than young men and were more likely to vote for democratic candidates. He was scheduled to be sworn into office on jan.

Senator from delaware defeated the republican ticket of john mccain the senior senator from arizona and sarah palin the governor of alaska. With mail in ballots still to be counted democrat joe biden has already smashed former president barack obamas 694 million votes record from 2008 with the former senator on course to edge out. The united states presidential election 2008 is a political event which took place on november 4 2008.

Obama a 47 year old democratic us. He was sworn in as president on january 20 2009. Barack obama d won the presidency by defeating arizona sen.

Live election results and maps for the 2008 presidential election including electoral vote counts and county by county maps. Senator became when he was inaugurated on january 20 2009 the countrys first african american.