Election Results

November 4, 2008 marks a very historical day for the United States of America. On this day Barack Obama won the 2008 presidency, making him the first black president. Obama won by a clean sweep. He had 349 electoral votes, 53% popular vote, where McCain had only 163 electoral votes, and 46% of the popular vote. Barack Obama received over double the amount McCain did. So come January 20,2009, which is the presidential inauguration day, our new president will be Barack Obama.

2008 Election

The two candidates running for the 2008 presidential election are Barack Obama and John MCcain. Barack Obama belongs to the democratic party and his home state is Illinois. John MCcain is from Arizona and is a republican. Sarah Palin, from ALaska, is running as John MCcain's vice president and Joe Biden, from Delaware, is running as Barack Obama's vice president. The election is going to take place on November 4, 2008. It will be the 56th consecutive quadrennial United States Presidential Election.