Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign

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United States presidential campaign political campaign

The Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign was the successful Democratic bid that led to Obama becoming the first African American president of the United States, notable for its grassroots organizing, digital strategy, and message of "hope" and "change."

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Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign canonical 16
Barack Obama 2008 general election campaign 1
Barack Obama campaign speech 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential campaign ⓘ
political campaign ⓘ
acceptedNominationDate 2008-08-28 ⓘ
announcementLocation Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
campaignManager David Plouffe ⓘ
campaignStrategy digital and social media outreach ⓘ
grassroots organizing ⓘ
online fundraising ⓘ
small-donor fundraising ⓘ
campaignTactic community organizing model ⓘ
candidate Barack Obama ⓘ
chairperson David Plouffe ⓘ
chiefStrategist David Axelrod ⓘ
convention Democratic National Convention ⓘ
surface form: 2008 Democratic National Convention
conventionLocation Denver, Colorado ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
election 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
electionDate 2008-11-04 ⓘ
electoralVotes 365 electoral votes ⓘ
headquarters Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
historicalSignificance first African American elected President of the United States ⓘ
ideology liberalism ⓘ
progressivism ⓘ
nomination Democratic Party presidential nominee 2008 ⓘ
notableEvent Grant Park victory speech 2008-11-04 ⓘ
Iowa caucus victory 2008 ⓘ
notableSpeech A More Perfect Union ⓘ
Yes We Can ⓘ
surface form: Yes We Can speech
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
opponent John McCain ⓘ
opponentElectoralVotes 173 electoral votes for John McCain ⓘ
opponentRunningMate Sarah Palin ⓘ
policyFocus economic recovery ⓘ
ending the Iraq War ⓘ
ethics and government reform ⓘ
health care reform ⓘ
politicalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
primaryElection 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ
primaryOpponent Hillary Clinton ⓘ
John Edwards ⓘ
result won presidential election ⓘ
runningMate Joe Biden ⓘ
slogan Change We Can Believe In ⓘ
Yes We Can ⓘ
startDate 2007-02-10 ⓘ
targetVoters African American voters ⓘ
independent voters ⓘ
young voters ⓘ
theme change ⓘ
hope ⓘ
usedPlatform Facebook ⓘ
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: My.BarackObama.com

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email ⓘ
voteSharePopular about 52.9 percent of the popular vote ⓘ

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John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign → successorCampaign → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
Becoming → narrativePeriodCovered → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barack Obama's presidential campaigns
Sasha Obama → notableEvent → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign → usedPlatform → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: My.BarackObama.com
David Simas → workedOn → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barack Obama presidential campaigns
Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign → previousCampaign → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
song "Yes We Can" (Barack Obama campaign video) → basedOn → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
subject surface form: Yes We Can
this entity surface form: Barack Obama campaign speech
song "Yes We Can" (Barack Obama campaign video) → supportOf → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
subject surface form: Yes We Can
song "Yes We Can" (Barack Obama campaign video) → campaign → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
subject surface form: Yes We Can
Yes We Can → usedInCampaignOf → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
Yes We Can → sloganFor → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
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A More Perfect Union → deliveredDuring → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
Grant Park victory speech 2008-11-04 → partOf → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
David Plouffe → employer → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
David Plouffe → workedOn → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
David Axelrod → employer → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
Neera Tanden → workedOn → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barack Obama 2008 general election campaign
Fake Empire → usedInPoliticalCampaign → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
Jim Messina → workedOn → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
Barack Obama "Hope" poster → usedIn → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
Austan Goolsbee → advisorTo → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Obama 2008 presidential campaign
Yes We Can (will.i.am song) → hasSubject → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
No You Can’t (parody slogan) → usedToLampoon → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign
Change We Can Believe In → usedInCampaignOf → Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ