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The 2008 and 2012 Republican Party platform supported anti-discrimination statues based on sex, race, age, religion, creed, disability, or national origin, but both platforms were silent on sexual orientation and gender identity. [102] [105]
Note: The NARAL Rating is a tool used by the "Pro-Choice" camp that gauges how "Pro-Choice" or "pro-life" currently elected officials are (logically, the most current ratings would not apply to candidates not currently in office).
Ron Paul was on the ballot in Louisiana with Barry Goldwater, Jr. on the Louisiana Taxpayers Party ticket [1] and in Montana with Michael Peroutka on the Constitution Party of Montana ticket, even though the latter is associated with the national Constitution Party. [2] Paul's supporters also qualified him to receive write-in votes in California.
A separate American Conservative Party was later established in 2008 but was decommissioned in 2016. Meanwhile, the Conservative Party USA was organized on January 6, 2009, as a 527 organization aimed at building and managing state party affiliates under the national Conservative Party USA banner. [citation needed]
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 ...
Modern Whig Party Conservative liberalism [132] Merged into: Alliance Party [133] 2008 [133] 2019 [133] U.S. Marijuana Party: 2002 2016? Rent Is Too Damn High Party: 2005 2015 Serve America Movement: Big tent [134] Merged into: Forward Party [135] 2017 2022
McCain in 2001. U.S. Senator John McCain, a Republican Party politician from Arizona who was a member of the U.S. Congress from 1983 until his death in office in 2018, a two-time U.S. presidential candidate, and the nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, took positions on many political issues through his public comments, his presidential campaign statements ...
2008 United States presidential election ← 2004 November 4, 2008 2012 → 538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win Opinion polls Turnout 61.6% 1.5 pp Nominee Barack Obama John McCain Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Arizona Running mate Joe Biden Sarah Palin Electoral vote 365 173 States carried 28 + DC + NE-02 22 Popular vote 69,498,516 ...