Bei den Republikanern galt lange Zeit Rudy Giuliani, der ehemalige Bürgermeister von New York City, als Favorit. [156] According to exit polls, over 95% of African Americans voted for Obama. [19], California was one of the Super Tuesday states that could provide a large number of delegates to the candidates. Governor of Montana, John Bohlinger, accused the Montana Republican Party of vote caging to purge 6,000 voters from three counties which trend Democratic. [130] Another Pew survey, conducted after the election, found that 67% of voters thought that the press fairly covered Obama, versus 30% who viewed the coverage as unfair. Daher bestimmen die meisten Parteien landesweit antretende Kandidaten. Pennsylvania held a closed primary, which means that only registered Democrats could vote, and, according to Ron Elving of NPR, the established Democratic electorate "was older, whiter, more Catholic and more working-class than in most of the primaries to date. Nebraska's other four electoral votes went to John McCain. The Democratic primaries were marked by a sharp contest between Obama and the initial front-runner, Senator Hillary Clinton. 1920 • Indiana and Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee for the first time since 1964. [93], All the aforementioned remarks and campaign issues hurt McCain's standing with voters. In October 2007, liberal commentators accused Russert of harassing Clinton over the issue of supporting drivers' licenses for illegal immigrants. Am 5. [177] The Obama-Biden ticket was also the first winning ticket in American history on which neither candidate was a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; Biden is Roman Catholic and is the first Roman Catholic to be elected vice president; all other tickets with Catholic vice presidential candidates had been defeated (1964, 1972, 1984). Die Wahl des Vizepräsidenten ergab das gleiche Resultat: 365 für Joe Biden, 173 für Sarah Palin. [184], 56th quadrennial U.S. presidential election, Nebraska's 2nd congressional district 1.21%, Nebraska's 1st congressional district 9.77%. Vote from Home attracted the most attention when thirteen of the group's members moved to the same location in eastern Columbus. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior U.S. [14] Obama wurde auf Vorschlag Hillary Clintons per Akklamation zum Kandidaten der Demokraten gewählt. 1856 • Auch George W. Bush gratuliert. [89] During this period, John McCain's election prospects fell with several politically costly comments about the economy. [84] However, media interviews suggested that Palin lacked knowledge on certain key issues, and they cast doubt among many voters about her qualifications to be vice president or President. Senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior Senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska. [54] In the third quarter of 2007, the top four GOP (Republican) fundraisers were Romney, Giuliani, Thompson, and Ron Paul. [165] In the three states that officially keep track of "blank" votes for president, 103,193 votes were recorded as "blank". Es war ein Februartag in Chicago im Jahr 2008, so kalt, als ginge die Welt unter. A McCain victory quickly became improbable as Obama amassed early wins in his home state of Illinois, the Northeast, and the critical battleground states of Ohio (which no Republican has ever been elected president without winning) and Pennsylvania by 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time. [9] Obama announced his candidacy on February 10 in his home state of Illinois. McCain also scored wins in seven other states, picking up 574 delegates. Coverage would be guaranteed regardless of health status, and premiums would not vary based on health status either. [151] Another estimate puts the eligible voter population at 213,313,508, resulting in a turnout rate of 61.6%, which would be the highest turnout rate since 1968.[152][153]. The Franklin County Board of Elections referred 55 cases of possible voting irregularities to the local prosecutor. [126] Three groups attracted particular notice: 'Vote from Home,' 'Vote Today Ohio,' and 'Drop Everything and Come to Ohio.' New York feiert Obama Die Leber-Party Bis zu diesem Tag wurde er als „President-Elect“ (gewählter Präsident) bezeichnet. [132] This was later parodied on Saturday Night Live. Die Vorwahlen der Demokratischen Partei zogen sich ungewöhnlich lange hin, da sich nicht wie sonst üblich bald ein Kandidat von den anderen absetzte, sondern bis in den Juni Hillary Clinton und Barack Obama ungefähr gleichauf lagen. Obama also won the hotly contested states of Iowa and New Mexico, which Al Gore had won in 2000 and George W. Bush in 2004. Obama gelang es jedoch danach, elf Siege am Stück zu erringen, was Clinton in starke Bedrängnis brachte. Polls taken in the last few months of the presidential campaign and exit polls conducted on Election Day showed the economy as the top concern for voters. Now, because a form of proportional representation and popular vote decided Democratic state delegate contests, numbers were close between Clinton and Obama. [98][99] Mark Pauly suggested that a combination of the two approaches would work better than either one alone. Kenski, Kate, Bruce W. Hardy, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Das Buch Game Change und der darauf basierende Film Game Change – Der Sarah-Palin-Effekt behandeln den Wahlkampf zu dieser Wahl, wobei der Film sich nur mit der Kandidatur Sarah Palins beschäftigt. Obama won Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, and Virginia in the South (region as defined by the US Census Bureau). If elected, McCain would have been the first, and only, President born in the decade of the 1930s. [106] In January 2007, Federal Election Commission Chairman Michael E. Toner estimated that the 2008 race would be a $1 billion election, and that to be taken seriously, a candidate would have needed to raise at least $100 million by the end of 2007.[107]. [55] MSNBC's Chuck Todd christened Giuliani and John McCain the front runners after the second Republican presidential debate in early 2007. In vielen Bundesstaaten gab es sogenannte „Write-in“-Kandidaten. [150] That report was the basis for some news articles that indicated voter turnout failed to meet expectations. All these also occurred after the onset of the economic crisis and after McCain's poll numbers had started to fall. Obama hat Trump erst möglich gemacht. [116] The 2008 election showed huge increases in Internet use. Candidates for the presidency typically seek the nomination of one of the political parties, in which case each party devises a method (such as a primary election) to choose the candidate the party deems best suited to run for the position. [31][32] In the actual results, Obama outperformed the polls by several points in both states, winning by a significant margin in North Carolina[33] and losing by only 1.1% in Indiana (50.56% to 49.44%). In the 2006 midterm elections, the Democrats regained majorities in both houses of the U.S. Februar war der Super Tuesday, an dem 22 Wahlen gleichzeitig stattfanden. Diese sind nicht an die Vorwahlentscheidungen gebunden. Critics of McCain's plan argued that it would not significantly reduce the number of uninsured Americans, would increase costs, reduce consumer protections and lead to less generous benefit packages. [166] More than 100,000 write-in votes were cast and recorded for a scattering of other candidates, including 62 votes for "Santa Claus" (in ten states) and 11 votes for "Mickey Mouse" (in five states).[167]. John McCain's support for the troop 'surge' employed by General David Petraeus, which was one of several factors credited with improving the security situation in Iraq, may have boosted McCain's stance on the issue in voters' minds. Polling had shown Obama a few points ahead in North Carolina and Clinton similarly leading in Indiana. [17] Der Auftritt vor allem von Sarah Palin auf dem Nominierungsparteitag am 4. 2012 • Dabei besuchte er unter anderem Afghanistan, Irak, Israel und Deutschland. “There are a set of traditions that we have followed in the peaceful transfer of power…. 2016 • [159][160], No other candidate had ballot access in enough states to win 270 electoral votes. Obama had over 2 million American supporters on Facebook and 100,000 followers on Twitter, while McCain attracted only 600,000 Facebook supporters (likes) and 4,600 followers on Twitter. Late night TV host David Letterman jokingly referred to Palin as resembling "a slutty flight attendant" and even Obama himself on a September 9 speech referred to the Alaska governor's policies as "the equivalent of putting lipstick on a pig". [10] Obama's win was fueled mostly by first time caucus-goers and Independents and showed voters viewed him as the "candidate of change. Obama trailed in the California polling by an average of 6.0% before the primary; he ended up losing that state by 8.3% of the vote. McCain narrowly carried the Washington caucuses over Huckabee and Paul, who amassed a large showing. Ergebnis der Wahl des Präsidenten, des Senats und des Repräsen­tanten­hauses der USA Die neben­stehende Grafik zeigt in der ersten Zeile die Zahl (EV, Electoral Votes) der nach den amtlichen Ergebnissen der Staaten oder der Hochrechnung von electoral-vote.com gewählten Wahl­männer der Democrats (Democratic Party, der Demo­kra­tischen Partei und ihres Kandidaten Barack Obama) oder … [15], John McCain stellte in einer Wahlkampfveranstaltung in Dayton (Ohio) die Gouverneurin von Alaska, Sarah Palin, als Kandidatin für das Amt der Vizepräsidentin auf. He was the first Democrat to win without Arkansas since that state joined the Union in 1836 and the first Democrat to win the presidency without winning West Virginia since 1916. Early campaigning focused heavily on the Iraq War and Bush's unpopularity. In addition, McCain suffered from the ill effects of his captivity in North Vietnam and reportedly had difficulty lifting his arms above his head. Traditionally, the primary elections are indirect elections where voters cast ballots for a slate of party delegates pledged to a particular candidate. All six candidates appeared on the ballot for a majority of the voters, while the 17 other listed candidates were available to no more than 30% of the voters. McKinney campaigned on a platform that supported single-payer universal health care, the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, reparations for African Americans, and the creation of a Department of Peace. Schon in den Wochen davor war heftig spekuliert worden, wen Obama als seinen Vizepräsidentschaftskandidaten ernennen werde. 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Für den neugewählten Präsidenten findet Obama nur lobende Worte, obwohl er mit ihm politisch nicht immer einer Meinung war. Seine Auftritte erinnern an eine Zeit, in der vieles hoffnungsfroher schien. McCain gave a concession speech half an hour later in his hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 24. In previous cycles, the candidates were effectively chosen by the end of the primaries held in March, but, in this cycle, however, Barack Obama did not win enough delegates to secure the nomination until June 3, after a 17-month campaign against Hillary Clinton. Daher ist in der folgenden Tabelle ab Beginn des Hauptwahlkampfes auch der Wahlausgang nach Wahlmännern angegeben, wenn alle Staaten sich gemäß den Umfragen verhalten. Der Juni war noch geprägt von den Nachwirkungen der Rivalität zwischen Obama und Clinton. According to The Vancouver Sun, campaign strategists had "mapped a victory scenario that envisioned the former first lady wrapping up the Democratic presidential nomination by Super Tuesday on Feb. Alle weiteren Kandidaten waren selbst mit Write-in-Kandidaturen nur in maximal 30 Staaten wählbar und konnten somit keine Mehrheit im Electoral College erreichen. 1924 • Darker red indicates the county voted more Republican. 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 U.S. President George W. Bush, a Republican and former Governor of Texas, was ineligible to seek reelection to a third term due to the Twenty-second Amendment; in accordance with Section 1 of the Twentieth Amendment, his term expired at noon eastern standard time on January 20, 2009. Eventually Obama was declared the winner in North Carolina and McCain in Missouri, with Obama pulling out a rare win in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. McCain's decision to suspend his campaign during the height of the financial crisis backfired as voters viewed his response as erratic.[4]. Clinton's victory in the New Hampshire primary made her the first woman to win a major party's presidential primary. 1872 • McCain meanwhile managed a small victory over Huckabee in South Carolina,[59] setting him up for a larger and more important victory over Romney in Florida, which held a closed primary on January 29. [45][46] The 2008 election was also the third presidential election since 1896 in which neither the incumbent president, the incumbent vice president, nor a current or former member of the incumbent president's Cabinet won the nomination of either major party the others being 1920 and 1952. "[10] Iowa has since been viewed as the state that jump-started Obama's campaign and set him on track to win both the nomination and the presidency. Moderators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos were criticized by viewers, bloggers and media critics for the poor quality of their questions. Obama's total count of 69.5 million votes stood as the largest tally ever won by a presidential candidate until 2020, when this was surpassed by both major party candidates in a high-turnout election. Crespino, Joseph. Red font color denotes states won by Republican John McCain; blue denotes those won by Democrat Barack Obama. It was broadcast on cable by C-SPAN and on the Internet by Break-the-Matrix. North Carolina and the bellwether state of Missouri remained undecided for several days. Obama wiederum bat auch darum, Clinton Geld zu spenden, nachdem deren Wahlkampf gegen Ende in eine finanzielle Schieflage geraten war. However, final pre-election polling found that voters considered Obama's inexperience less of an impediment than McCain's association with sitting President George W. Bush,[82] an association which was rhetorically framed by the Obama campaign throughout the election season as "more of the same". Although Obama made a strong effort to win Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton won that primary by nearly 10%, with approximately 55% of the vote. The party's delegates then officially nominate a candidate to run on the party's behalf. [69], The Green Party nominated former Democratic Representative Cynthia McKinney from Georgia for President, and political activist Rosa Clemente from New York for Vice President. Politik. Louisiana, the District of Columbia, Kansas, Wisconsin, and Washington held primaries in February after Super Tuesday. Jedoch konnte letzterer viele republikanische Wähler nicht überzeugen, unter anderem, weil er der Glaubensgemeinschaft der Mormonen angehört, was für die evangelikal geprägten konservativen Wähler der Republikaner eine wichtige Rolle spielte. Dezember ihre Stimmen für die Ämter des Präsidenten und des Vizepräsidenten abgaben. Diesen Rekord hat Joe Biden schon gebrochen, obwohl das Endergebnis noch gar nicht feststeht. Though McCain meant it as a peacetime presence like the United States maintained in Germany and Japan after World War II,[74] his statement that the United States could be in Iraq for as much as the next 50 to 100 years would prove costly. He chose not to appear in person due to disaster events in the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. Zum Vizepräsidenten wurde Joe Biden, Senator aus Delaware, gewählt. Excludes spending by independent expenditure concerns. Thirty-seven percent of Americans ages 18–24 got election news from social networking sites. In verschiedenen Staaten können dennoch Kandidaten antreten, die laut Verfassung nicht Präsident werden dürfen. Diese sind nicht auf dem Wahlzettel vertreten, aber es gibt ein leeres Feld, in das man den Namen eines solchen Kandidaten hineinschreiben kann. [137] 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. Die Zahl der Kandidaten war dementsprechend groß. Obama made dramatic gains in every region of the country except for Arizona, Appalachia, and the inner South, where McCain improved over Bush.