2008 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election

The 2008 United States presidential election was the historic contest in which Barack Obama was elected the first African American president, defeating Republican nominee John McCain amid the backdrop of the global financial crisis and widespread calls for change.

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instanceOf United States presidential election →
campaignFinanceContext first U.S. general election where a major candidate opted out of public financing (Barack Obama) →
campaignSloganOfBarackObama Change We Can Believe In →
Yes We Can →
campaignSloganOfJohnMcCain Country First →
context 2008 United States housing and financial crisis →
surface form: "Great Recession in the United States"

late-2000s global financial crisis →
country United States of America →
debateOrganizer Commission on Presidential Debates →
DemocraticNominee Barack Obama →
DemocraticRunningMate Joe Biden →
electionDate 2008-11-04 →
electoralCollegeSize 538 →
electoralVotesNeededToWin 270 →
electoralVotesReceivedByBarackObama 365 →
electoralVotesReceivedByJohnMcCain 173 →
electoralVoteWinner Barack Obama →
featuredThirdPartyCandidate Bob Barr →
Chuck Baldwin →
Cynthia McKinney →
Ralph Nader →
followedBy 2012 United States presidential election →
follows 2004 United States presidential election →
hasEndDate 2008-11-04 →
hasStartDate 2008-01-03 →
historicSignificance first time a major U.S. party nominated an African American for president and won →
incumbentParty Republican Party →
surface form: "Republican Party (United States)"
incumbentPresident George W. Bush →
losingCandidate John McCain →
losingParty Republican Party →
surface form: "Republican Party (United States)"
losingRunningMate Sarah Palin →
majorIssue Iraq War →
economy →
energy policy →
government reform →
health care in the United States →
mediaFormat televised presidential debates →
notableFor election of the first African American president of the United States →
officeContested President of the United States →
Vice President of the United States →
partOf United States presidential election →
surface form: "United States presidential elections"
popularVotePercentageOfBarackObama 52.9 →
popularVotePercentageOfJohnMcCain 45.7 →
popularVoteRunnerUp John McCain →
popularVoteWinner Barack Obama →
primaryProcess Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 →
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 →
relatedEvent Democratic National Convention →
surface form: "2008 Democratic National Convention"

Republican National Convention →
surface form: "2008 Republican National Convention"
RepublicanNominee John McCain →
RepublicanRunningMate Sarah Palin →
resultedIn Barack Obama presidency →
surface form: "Presidency of Barack Obama"
tookPlaceIn 50 U.S. states →
District of Columbia →
voterTurnoutDescription highest turnout in a U.S. presidential election since 1968 →
voterTurnoutPercentage 61.6 →
winner Barack Obama →
winningCandidate Barack Obama →
winningParty Democratic Party →
surface form: "Democratic Party (United States)"
winningRunningMate Joe Biden →
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song "Yes We Can" (Barack Obama campaign video) → associatedWithElection → 2008 United States presidential election →
subject surface form: "Yes We Can"
2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → basedOn → 2008 United States presidential election →
John McCain → candidateIn → 2008 United States presidential election →
John McCain III (attended, transferred) → candidateIn → 2008 United States presidential election →
subject surface form: "John McCain III"
Mitt Romney → candidateIn → 2008 United States presidential election →
Cynthia McKinney → candidateInElection → 2008 United States presidential election →
Ralph Nader → candidateInElection → 2008 United States presidential election →
this entity surface form: "United States presidential election, 2008"
Sarah Palin → candidateInElection → 2008 United States presidential election →
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign → election → 2008 United States presidential election →
2004 United States presidential election → nextElection → 2008 United States presidential election →
Yes We Can → notableUseEvent → 2008 United States presidential election →
this entity surface form: "Barack Obama 2008 presidential election victory"
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 → partOf → 2008 United States presidential election →
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 → partOf → 2008 United States presidential election →
2012 United States presidential election → previousElection → 2008 United States presidential election →
Yes We Can → timePeriod → 2008 United States presidential election →
A Promised Land → timePeriodCovered → 2008 United States presidential election →
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