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On August 27, 2008, at the Democratic National Convention, the Democratic Party formally nominated Obama to run for the office of the President of the United States of America. Obama would go on to win the presidential election against Republican nominee John McCain.
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. Obama also defied political bellwethers, becoming the first person to win the presidency while losing Missouri since 1956 and while losing Kentucky and Tennessee since ...
Obama gave an election night speech that looked forward to the general election campaign against McCain. [113] The pace of superdelegate endorsements increased. On May 10, Obama's superdelegate total surpassed Clinton's for the first time in the race, making the math increasingly difficult for a Clinton win.
Its success caused the polls of Jewish support for Obama to increase so that by the time of the Nov. 4 election, according to exit polls, 77% of the voting American Jewish community voted for Obama over the 23% that were for John McCain. [156] [157]
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]
Barack Obama: 49%: John McCain 44% Gallup (Daily Tracking) [362] April 9–13, 2008 Hillary Clinton: 46%: John McCain 45% 4,415 RV ±2% Barack Obama: 46%: John McCain 44% Harris Interactive [363] April 11–12, 2008 Hillary Clinton: 39%: John McCain 38% Not reported Not reported Barack Obama: 41%: John McCain 36% Reuters/Zogby International ...
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.
November 4 – Election Day: Barack Obama and Joe Biden win 52.93 percent of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes to John McCain and Sarah Palin's 45.65 percent and 173 electoral votes. McCain concedes the election in Phoenix, Arizona [288] and President-elect Obama gives his victory speech in Chicago. [289]