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2008 U.S. presidential election; Timeline; General election debates; National polling; Statewide polling; Parties; Democratic Party; Candidates; Debates and forums
This is a collection of scientific, public nationwide opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2008 Democratic presidential candidates. 2008 [ edit ]
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. All graph data is taken from Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2008 and Statewide opinion polling for the United States ...
Behavior Research Center (Rocky Mountain Poll) [78] May 24–29, 2007 37% 51%: 14 628 RV ±3.9% Northern Arizona University [79] April 13–19, 2007 39% 54%: 15 493 RV Not reported Behavior Research Center (Rocky Mountain Poll) [80] March 10–21, 2007 32% 57%: 25 600 RV ±3.9% Behavior Research Center (Rocky Mountain Poll) [81] February 12 ...
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. [142] 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.
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.
Polls throughout the campaign indicated a very close race. Incumbent Vice President Nixon initially led, but then had problems (a poor image in the first television debate and a knee injury which prevented him from campaigning) which gave Kennedy the lead in the polls for most of the campaign. In the end, Kennedy had an extremely close victory ...
Nationwide public opinion polls conducted relating to the 2008 Republican presidential candidates, typically using standard statistical methodology, include the following. The public was generally sampled by land-line telephone only, and sometimes asked only about their opinion of certain candidates.