US Presidential Election 2008
The United States of America presidential election of 2008, conducted on Tuesday November 4, 2008, is the fifty sixth consecutive quadrennial United States presidential election to choose the President & the Vice President of the United States. Barack Obama succeeded the essential electors required to be elected President on November 4, 2008. Barack Obama is the president-elect, and will be commenced on January 20, 2009.
The Republican Party had nomination of John McCain, the senior United States Senator from Arizona as its nominee; Barack Obama, the junior United States Senator from Illinois, as its nominee by the Democratic Party. Former Congressman Bob Barr was nomination by The Libertarian Party, the Constitution Party pastor and radio talk showed Chuck Baldwin, and the Green Party former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. Ralph Nader declined to request the Green Party nomination and head as an independent candidate.
The 2008 usa election was the first time in U.S. history that an African American was elected president. It was also the very first time that 2 sitting senators opposes each other, as well as the first time an African American was a presidential nominee for a main party. Additionally, it was the first time in history that both major candidates were from out of the continental United States — Hawaii for Obama and the Panama Canal Zone for McCain. As the Republican nominee for vice-president was a woman, Governor Sarah Palin, the eventual winning ticket was bound to be historic, as neither an African American nor a female had achieved either of the respective offices. If John McCain had been chosen, he would have been the oldest first-term president. Senator Joseph Biden is the first Roman Catholic vice president to be elected.
The election coincided with the 2008 Senate elections in 33 states, House of Representatives elections across states, and gubernatorial elections in 11 states, as well as different state referenda and local elections.
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