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Barack Obama John McCain Main article: United States presidential election, 2008 This article provides line graphs and bar charts of scientific, nationwide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2008 United States presidential election .
Blue states/districts went for Obama, red for McCain. Yellow states were won by either candidate by 5% or more. Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Virginia and Iowa were won by Bush in 2004 but were won by Obama by a margin of more than 5% in 2008. States where the margin of victory was under 1% (26 electoral votes; 15 won by Obama, 11 by McCain):
Change is a feature documentary about the Barack Obama - John McCain 2008 United States presidential election directed by Matteo Barzini and produced by Feel Film. It premiered May 15, 2010 at Rome Independent Film Festival. It was later distributed by Cinecittà Luce.
Obama's "spread the wealth around" quote was later used by the McCain campaign, comparing the Democratic policies to socialism. [28] McCain said, "[Obama] wants government to take Joe's money and give it to somebody else." Obama said in a campaign rally on October 24 that McCain was "not fighting for Joe the Plumber.
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 ...
McCain did win several polls. However, since September 30, Obama swept every other poll taken in the state and tied one poll. The final 3 polls averaged 50% to 44% in favor of Obama. [15] On election day, Obama won the state with 55% and by a double-digit margin of victory, a much better performance than polls showed.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election.Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
On March 20, 2008, Obama gave a preview of his strategy in a potential general election campaign against McCain. Obama blasted McCain for backing tax cuts for the wealthy without corresponding spending cuts and for his support of the Iraq war, which Obama blamed for high gasoline prices.