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An October 22, 2008 Pew Research Center poll estimated 70% of registered voters believed journalists wanted Barack Obama to win the election, as opposed to 9% for John McCain. [144] Another Pew survey, conducted after the election, found that 67% of voters thought that the press fairly covered Obama, versus 30% who viewed the coverage as unfair.
Withdrew: January 3, 2008 (Endorsed Obama, who later chose Biden as his vice presidential running mate) Bill Richardson: Governor of New Mexico (2003–2011) New Mexico: 0 0 0 Withdrew: January 10, 2008 (Endorsed Obama) Evan Bayh: U.S. Senator from Indiana (1999–2011) Indiana: 0 0 0 Withdrew: December 16, 2006
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was the Democratic nominee, and Senator John McCain of Arizona was the Republican nominee. Incumbent President George W. Bush was ineligible for re-election per the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which limits a president to two terms, and incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney declined to run for the office.
January 21–22, 2008 Barack Obama: 47%: Mitt Romney 38% 800 LV ±4% Hillary Clinton: 47%: Mitt Romney 42% NBC News/Wall Street Journal [426] January 20–22, 2008 Barack Obama 41% John McCain: 43%: Not reported Not reported Barack Obama: 48%: Mitt Romney 35% Barack Obama: 54%: Rudy Giuliani 34% Barack Obama: 55%: Mike Huckabee 33% Hillary ...
Both Clinton and Obama appeared in a debate moderated by ABC News on April 16, 2008, at 8 PM EDT at the National Constitution Center. [61] The debate was nationally televised at 8 PM Eastern and Pacific (tape delayed) and 7 pm Central/Mountain (tape delayed). This was the second debate shown nationally on over-the-air television. [62]
Former President Barack Obama is reflecting on the late GOP Sen. John McCain, his onetime rival for the White House, and a moment from the 2008 campaign that shows how McCain’s “character ...
NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — In 2008, this overwhelmingly white state was Barack Obama’s unlikely launching pad to become the nation’s The post White Iowans who supported Obama in 2008 not embracing ...
Clinton won the Rhode Island primary 58-40% and received 33,600 more votes than Obama. In contrast, Obama won the Hawaii caucuses 76-24%, but received only 19,500 more votes than Clinton. [13] Thus, some researchers argue that the popular vote underestimates the depth of Obama's support in caucus states. [15]