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The White House, official residence of the president of the United States, in July 2008. The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2]
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 senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska.
American presidential election held on November 4, 2008, in which, after a campaign that lasted nearly two years, Americans elected Democrat Barack Obama their 44th president. The result was historic, as Obama, a first-term U.S. senator from Illinois, became, when he was inaugurated on January 20,
The 56th quadrennial United States presidential election was held on November 4, 2008. Outgoing Republican President George W. Bush's policies and actions and the American public's desire for change were key issues throughout the campaign. During the presidential election campaign, the major-party candidates ran on a platform of change and ...
President-elect Barack Obama gives his election victory speech, November 4, 2008. November 1 – Republican nominee John McCain appears on Saturday Night Live. [287] November 4 – Election Day: Barack Obama and Joe Biden win 52.92 percent of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes to John McCain and Sarah Palin's 45.66 percent and 173 ...
Barack Obama captured the White House on the strength of a substantial electoral shift toward the Democratic Party and by winning a number of key groups in the middle of the electorate. Overall, 39% of voters were Democrats while 32% were Republicans — a dramatic shift from 2004 when the electorate was evenly divided.
Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, sweeping away the last racial barrier in American politics with ease as the country chose him as its first...
The 2008 United States presidential election happened on November 4, 2008. Barack Obama , the Democratic candidate and junior U.S. Senator from Illinois , won the election. He defeated John McCain , the Republican candidate, who was the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona.
Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States and the first African American president, was elected over Senator John McCain of Arizona on November 4, 2008.
In an extraordinary moment in America’s history, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama (Opens in a new tab) has won the 2008 presidential election and will become the 44th president of the United States and the country’s first African-American leader….