Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska.

American presidential election held on November 4, 2008, in which, after a campaign that lasted nearly two years, Americans elected Democrat Barack Obama their 44th president. The result was historic, as Obama, a first-term U.S. senator from …

Democrat Barack Obama, then junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain. Nine states changed allegiance from the 2004 election. Each had voted for the Republican nominee in 2004 and contributed to Obama's sizable Electoral College victory.

2008年11月5日 · Barack Obama captured the White House on the strength of a substantial electoral shift toward the Democratic Party and by winning a number of key groups in the middle of the electorate. Overall, 39% of voters were Democrats while 32% were Republicans — a dramatic shift from 2004 when the electorate was evenly divided.

2012年8月29日 · On November 4, 2008, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois defeats Senator John McCain of Arizona to become the 44th U.S. president, and the first African American elected to the White House.

On election night, November 4, 2008, a crowd of nearly 125,000 gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park to hear what they anticipated would be a victory speech by the man who was now the city’s most famous resident.

2008 Election Facts. McCain won Nebraska but Obama earned an electoral vote by winning the popular vote in the 2nd Congressional District. This marked the first time that Nebraska has split its electoral vote since it moved away from the winner-take-all method in 1992.

John McCain won four of the state's electoral votes, with Barack Obama winning one. Live election results and maps for the 2008 Presidential election, including electoral vote counts...

2007年2月10日 · In an extraordinary moment in America’s history, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama (Opens in a new tab) has won the 2008 presidential election and will become the 44th president of the United States and the country’s first African-American leader….

Only 569 votes separate John McCain and Barack Obama in unofficial returns from the 2nd District. Live election results and maps for the 2008 Presidential election, including electoral vote...