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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Label Occurrences
2008 United States presidential election canonical 32
United States presidential election 2008 3
United States presidential election, 2008 2

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Promised Land → timePeriodCovered → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → basedOn → 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 ⓘ
Ralph Nader → candidateInElection → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 2008
John McCain III (attended, transferred) → candidateIn → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: John McCain III
song "Yes We Can" (Barack Obama campaign video) → associatedWithElection → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Yes We Can
Mitt Romney → candidateIn → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Yes We Can → notableUseEvent → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barack Obama 2008 presidential election victory
Yes We Can → timePeriod → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 → partOf → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
2012 United States presidential election → previousElection → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 → partOf → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Cynthia McKinney → candidateInElection → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Sarah Palin → candidateInElection → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
John McCain → candidateIn → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Bob Barr → candidateIn → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Chuck Baldwin → candidateInElection → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Grant Park victory speech 2008-11-04 → context → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Ron Paul → candidateInElection → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
2008 United States House of Representatives elections → heldOnSameDayAs → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Two Americas → usedIn → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election 2008
2008 United States Senate elections → coincidedWith → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Barack Obama "Hope" poster → hasSubject → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
John → candidateIn → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: John McCain
Rudolph → notableFor → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Rudolph Giuliani
this entity surface form: 2008 United States presidential campaign
Carol Shepp → candidateIn → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: John McCain
Yes We Can (will.i.am song) → hasSubject → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election 2008
No You Can’t (parody slogan) → politicalContext → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election 2008
Mike Gravel → candidateIn → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2008 → cycle → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
New Hampshire Democratic primary, 2008 → partOf → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Super Tuesday, 2008 → partOf → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Sam Brownback → candidacy → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Iowa Republican caucuses, 2008 → partOf → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
Iowa Republican caucuses, 2008 → electoralCollegeCycle → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2008 United States Electoral College cycle
New Hampshire Republican primary, 2008 → partOf → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
South Carolina Republican primary, 2008 → partOf → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 2008
Florida Republican primary, 2008 → partOf → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
McKinney → candidateIn → 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Cynthia McKinney