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The United States presidential election of 2008 was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, to elect the President of the United States. It was the 56th consecutive quadrennial election for President and Vice President. It was the first presidential election since 1968 that more than three parties ran to carry at least one state each. Independent candidate Barack Hussein Obama, Junior Senator from Illinois, defeated Libertarian Party Candidate, former Secretary of Treasury Ron Paul; Democratic Party candidate, Chesapeake Senator Joe Biden; and Republican Governor of Missouri, Mike Huckabee. Charles Malcolm Edwards, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. This was also the first election in 56 years where ther

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  • 2008 US Presidential Election (An Independent in 2000)
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  • The United States presidential election of 2008 was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, to elect the President of the United States. It was the 56th consecutive quadrennial election for President and Vice President. It was the first presidential election since 1968 that more than three parties ran to carry at least one state each. Independent candidate Barack Hussein Obama, Junior Senator from Illinois, defeated Libertarian Party Candidate, former Secretary of Treasury Ron Paul; Democratic Party candidate, Chesapeake Senator Joe Biden; and Republican Governor of Missouri, Mike Huckabee. Charles Malcolm Edwards, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. This was also the first election in 56 years where ther
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states carried
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • 8(xsd:integer)
  • 11(xsd:integer)
  • 31(xsd:integer)
flag size
  • 60(xsd:integer)
Next Year
  • 2012(xsd:integer)
election date
  • 2008-11-04(xsd:date)
election name
  • 2008(xsd:integer)
before party
  • Independent
map caption
  • Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Huckabee/Palin , Blue denotes those won by Biden/Sanchez , Green denotes those won by Obama/Richardson , Yellow denotes those won by Paul/Bar .
map size
  • 350(xsd:integer)
ongoing
  • yes
electoral vote
  • 45(xsd:integer)
  • 83(xsd:integer)
  • 108(xsd:integer)
  • 544(xsd:integer)
Type
  • presidential
flag image
  • US 51-star alternate flag.svg
after party
  • Independent
nominee
  • Barack Obama
  • Ron Paul
  • Joe Biden
  • Mike Huckabee
home state
  • Texas
  • Illinois
  • Missouri
  • Chesapeake
Party
  • Independent
  • Republican
  • Democratic
  • Libertarian
Title
  • President
map image
  • 200(xsd:integer)
before election
Image
  • 164(xsd:integer)
  • 167(xsd:integer)
running mate
  • Sarah Palin
  • Bob Barr
  • Bill Richardson
  • Lorreta Sanchez
previous election
  • 2004(xsd:integer)
next election
  • 2012(xsd:integer)
after election
Previous Year
  • 2004(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The United States presidential election of 2008 was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, to elect the President of the United States. It was the 56th consecutive quadrennial election for President and Vice President. It was the first presidential election since 1968 that more than three parties ran to carry at least one state each. Independent candidate Barack Hussein Obama, Junior Senator from Illinois, defeated Libertarian Party Candidate, former Secretary of Treasury Ron Paul; Democratic Party candidate, Chesapeake Senator Joe Biden; and Republican Governor of Missouri, Mike Huckabee. Charles Malcolm Edwards, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. This was also the first election in 56 years where there was no incumbent candidate running for the presidency. Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States with 544 votes.
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