2008+Presidential+Election

media type="custom" key="7051057" media type="custom" key="7051075"The 2008 Presidential election was narrowed down to one candidate from each of the main parties, Democrat and Republican. After Hilary Clinton conceded the nomination on June 7th, Barack Obama became the representative of the Democratic Party, with Joe Biden as his running mate. With not as much competition on Republican side, John McCain secured the Republican Nomination with general ease compared to the Democratic side, and became the representative of the Republican Party, with Sarah Palin as his running mate. Barack Obama was running on affordable health care, maintaining Social Security’s solvency, beginning to withdraw troops from Iraq, Counter terrorism, focusing on Afghanistan and Pakistan, immigration reform, and reforming budget and tax system to name some of his most important points. John McCain’s main points were putting individuals at the center of health care, supplementing Social Security with personal accounts, finish war in Iraq before pulling out, pursue a growth oriented economy, and guarantee of balanced budget(Election Center 2008). It seemed Barack Obama had the majority of the population when he received w 53% of the popular vote to John McCain’s 47%, or 66,882,230 to 58,343,671. When it came to Electoral College votes, with the presidency of the United States of America on the Line, Barack Obama came out on top 365 to John McCain’s 173. Barack Obama was the first African American ever to become president of the United States of America (Election Center 2008).