Election Day Usa 2008

Senator from delaware defeated the republican ticket of john mccain the senior senator from arizona and sarah palin the governor of alaska.

Election day usa 2008. During that day the president of the united states and vice president of the united states were selected. The 2008 united states elections were held on november 4. Obama won his party s presidential nomination after defeating senator hillary clinton in the 2008 democratic primaries.

Barack obama from the democratic party defeated john mccain to win the presidency and is the first african american president. The result was historic as obama a first term u s. Scores delegate scorecard live news.

Democratic senator barack obama of illinois won the presidential election and democrats bolstered their majority in both houses of congress. The democratic ticket of barack obama the junior u s. Senator became when he was inaugurated on january 20 2009 the country s first african american president.

Election day november 4 2008 poll closing times election day november 4 2008 timeline november 4 2008. He was sworn in as president on january 20 2009. The 2008 united states presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 4 2008.

On november 4 2008 after a campaign that lasted nearly two years americans elected illinois senator barack obama their 44th president.