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On September 4, 2008, the Obama campaign announced they raised $10 million in the 24-hour period after Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's acceptance speech. The RNC reported raising $1 million in the same period. [92] On October 19, 2008, Obama's campaign announced a record fundraising total of $150 million for September 2008.
McCain won every state in the Deep South, where white voters had generally supported Republican candidates by increasingly large margins in the previous few decades. [191] Obama won all of the 2004 swing states (states that either Kerry or Bush won by less than 5%) by a margin of 8.5 percent or more except for Ohio, which he carried by 4.5 percent.
With Republican President George W. Bush term-limited, Senator John McCain of Arizona won the Republican nomination in the 2008 Republican primaries. Obama won the general election with 52.9 percent of the popular vote and 365 of the 538 electoral votes.
The Delaware Democratic primary is won by Barack Obama. The Republican primary is won by John McCain. Voting begins in the Democrats Abroad primary. [179] The Georgia Democratic primary is won by Barack Obama. The Republican primary is won by Mike Huckabee. The Idaho Democratic caucus is won by Barack Obama.
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
Obama won the election, gaining a seat previously represented by Republican Peter Fitzgerald. In 2008, Obama entered the Democratic primaries for the U.S. presidential election. Numerous candidates entered initially, but over time the field narrowed down to Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton from New York. The contest was highly competitive ...
President Trump took to Twitter Friday night and brought up the media’s coverage of a gaffe by former President Barack Obama 10 years ago.
The man had character,” Obama said. He later added: “One of the most disturbing things about this election and Donald Trump’s rise in politics is how we seem to have set aside the values ...