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This is the electoral history of Barack Obama. Obama served as the 44th president of the United States (2009–2017) and as a United States senator from Illinois (2005–2008). A member of the Democratic Party , Obama was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 1997 representing the 13th district, which covered much of the Chicago South Side .
In June 2008, Washington Post commentator Robert Novak blamed the policies of President George W. Bush for Republican defections to the Obama camp and suggested that Republicans Colin Powell and Chuck Hagel might soon declare their support for Obama. [11] In July 2008, African-American libertarian-conservative columnist Thomas Sowell criticized ...
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.
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. [141] 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.
Obama's highest ratings in the polling average were 61.2% favorable and 32.5% unfavorable on July 8. [165] As of November 3, 2008, one day before the election, the RealClearPolitics electoral map excluding toss up states showed 278 electoral votes for Obama/Biden, an electoral majority, and 132 electoral votes for opponents McCain/Palin. [166]
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
The Colorado Democratic caucus is won by Barack Obama. The Republican caucus is won by Mitt Romney. The Connecticut Democratic primary is won by Barack Obama. The Republican primary is won by John McCain. The Delaware Democratic primary is won by Barack Obama. The Republican primary is won by John McCain. Voting begins in the Democrats Abroad ...
Obama's campaign reported adding 108,000 new donors through in the quarter, for a total of 365,000 individual contributors in the first nine months. [326] In the fourth quarter of 2007, Obama raised $23.5 million, while Clinton raised $27.3 million. [327] By January 2008, Obama had received over 800,000 donations from over 600,000 individual ...