and previous results of 2008, 2002, 2013 of Voters aged 18–29 voted for Obama by 66–32 percent while elderly voters backed McCain 53–45 percent.
The Democratic penalty was the complete exclusion from the national convention of delegates from states that broke these rules. Thomas Buchmueller, Sherry A. Glied, Anne Royalty, and Katherine Swartz. Throughout the primary process, she relied on the support of older, white, working class voters. [154] According to exit polls, over 95% of African Americans voted for Obama.
The study found that Obama received 69% favorable coverage and Clinton received 67%, compared to only 43% favorable media coverage of McCain. Hamariweb.com All Rights Reserved. [120] Allegations arose in Michigan that the Republican Party planned to challenge the eligibility of voters based on lists of foreclosed homes. [34] The small win in Indiana barely kept her campaign alive for the next month. Referring to the fact the BBC series Gavin and Stacey (pictured right) is filmed in the town he said it was a "tidy" day for Wales, then asked "what's occurring?" [38] By May, Clinton claimed to hold a lead in the popular vote, but the Associated Press found that her numbers were "accurate only" in one close scenario.
While neither of them ran, former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush, each having served only one term, were both eligible to run for a second term as president. There were several unique aspects of the 2008 election. [136] Another study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University found the media coverage of Obama to be 72% negative from June 8 to July 21 compared to 57% negative for McCain.
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. McCain, unlike Bush in 2000 and 2004, failed to win all the southern states: Obama won Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia. He eventually decided to attend the first presidential debate on September 26, despite Congress' lack of immediate action on the bill. Those votes were tallied before a joint session of Congress on January 8, 2009. Mian Muhammad Akram Wattoo PPPP [82] Palin had been governor only since 2006, and before that had been a council member and mayor of Wasilla.
States in which the margin of victory was under 1% (26 electoral votes): States/districts in which the margin of victory was under 5% (62 electoral votes): States/districts in which margin of victory was more than 5% but less than 10% (73 electoral votes): The American presidential election was followed closely internationally. The 2008 election was the first in 56 years in which neither an incumbent president nor a vice president ran — Bush was constitutionally limited from seeking a third term by the Twenty-second Amendment; Vice President Dick Cheney chose not to seek the presidency. The Democratic Party allowed only four states to hold elections before February 5, 2008.
[125] Since 1953, only six people in Ohio have gone to prison for illegal voting. [122], Libertarian candidate Bob Barr filed a lawsuit in Texas to have Obama and McCain removed from the ballot in that state. Like the Clinton campaign in 1996, Obama avoided discussing McCain's age directly, instead preferring to simply call his ideas and message "old" and "old hat". [74][75][76] In March 2008, Bush endorsed McCain at the White House,[77] but did not make a single appearance for McCain during the campaign. The unpopular war in Iraq was a key issue during the campaign before the economic crisis. "One 72 year old heartbeat away from the presidency" became a popular anti-GOP slogan.