1. 2008 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election

    The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, 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 ...

  2. United States presidential election of 2008

    https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-2008

    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 Illinois, became, when he was inaugurated on January 20,

  3. Presidential Election of 2008 - 270toWin

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    Results of the presidential election of 2008, won by Barack H. Obama with 365 electoral votes.

  4. 2008 United States elections - Wikipedia

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    With Republican President George W. Bush term-limited, Senator John McCain of Arizona won the Republican nomination in the 2008 Republican primaries. Obama won the general election with 52.9 percent of the popular vote and 365 of the 538 electoral votes.

  5. A look back at the 2008 election | The Obama Foundation

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    Barack Obama Wins Presidency. In an extraordinary moment in America’s history, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has won the 2008 presidential election and will become the 44th president of the United States and the country’s first African-American leader…. Read more from CBS News +.

  6. Presidental Candidates - Election Guide 2008 - The New York Times

    https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/elections/2008/president/candidates/obama-mccain.html

    Biographical information of 2008 presidential election candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, and their running mates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.

  7. Obama Wins Election (Published 2008) - The New York Times

    https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/us/politics/05campaign.html

    By Adam Nagourney. Nov. 4, 2008. Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, sweeping away the last racial barrier in American politics with ease as...

  8. Presidential Election of 2008, Electoral and Popular Vote Summary

    https://www.infoplease.com/us/government/elections/presidential-election-of-2008-electoral-and-popular-vote-summary

    This table provides information about the election results between candidates Barack H. Obama and John S. McCain. Principal Candidates for President and Vice President: Republican—George W. Bush; Richard B. Cheney (winner) Democratic—John F. Kerry; John Edwards. Barack H. Obama.

  9. 2008 - The American Presidency Project

    https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/2008

    Barack Obama won a plurality in the 2nd congressional district (Omaha), and therefore was awarded one of the state's five electoral votes. John McCain won a plurality in the 1st and 3rd districts, as well as the overall state vote and therefore was awarded four electoral votes. Maine is the only other state that uses a split system.