United States presidential election, 2008

in Presidential Elections The United States as a democratic state has always placed a great amount of importance on the leaders of our nation. Not only are United States presidents elected by the people, they are also the face of the nation. These factors combine to make the Presidential race not only one of the most exciting focuses of history, but also overall increasingly controversial. The presidential campaigns of 1960 and 2008 have been two of the most polarized elections of United States

November 4, 2008 marked a monumental moment in United States history. American presidential elections were revolutionized because of the 2008 presidential election between democratic candidate Barack Obama and republican candidate John McCain. After eight years, President George W. Bush., Americans were waiting for, what would be the key word of this election - change. The U.S. had the opportunity to witness history with either the first African-American president or first female vice president.

republican nomination for president of the United States is well underway. With casualties including Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and Herman Cain, it remains unclear at this juncture which candidate will walk away with the republican nod. As debate over who will garner the nomination, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, or Mitt Romney intensifies, attention is beginning to turn to the upcoming November general election and the democratic Presidential incumbent, Barack Obama. On the 29 day of

Becoming an Informed Voter – Researching My Congressional Delegation What is the Political History of your district and State? Harris County in the state of Texas was formed in the winter of 1836, and was first called Harrisburg County after an early settler named John Richard Harris. The name changed from Harrisburg County to Harris County in 1839. In the United States House of Representatives, Ted Poe, a Republican, currently represents my district (Northwest Harris County). John Whitmire was

soaring. Ever since she stepped down from her position as Secretary of State in 2013, Clinton has faced question after question about her plans for the future and her opinion on the presidency. Hillary Diane Rodham was born on October 26, 1947; she was born in Chicago, Illinois and was raised in the nearby town of Park Ridge. Throughout high school and college, she began her politically activity by working on several presidential campaigns and holding a variety of impressive summer jobs. While studying

It is very common among the United States’ political sphere to rely heavily on T.V. commercials during election season; this is after all the most effective way to spread a message to millions of voters in order to gain their support. The presidential election of 2008 was not the exception; candidates and interest groups spent 2.6 billion dollars on advertising that year from which 2 billion were used exclusively for broadcast television (Seelye 2008.) Although the effectiveness of these advertisements

There is one sure fire way to know that the political campaign season has started in the United States, and it simply involves turning on a television. There is no need to turn to change the channel to one of the news networks. Watch the advertisements and eventually words like “liar”, “cheater” and “thief” will blare from the television as a political attack advertisement airs. These attack advertisements, better known as political attack ads, have become a staple in American politics and a nuisance

On August 29th, 2008 Senator John McCain announced his decision of electing Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential Candidate. This declaration provoked controversy amongst many of the United States citizens and while the majority of the people supported McCain, there were still a select few of both the republican and democratic parties that were bewildered by his decision. They view Sarah Palin as ignorant and someone who could not play any significant part in running the United States government, and

3.85 percent. He earned a  rank of 24 out of 30 past elections since the year 1896.    2.  President Obama became the only incumbent in history to win reelection while losing  vote share. Obama lost vote share in nearly every state during the election.    3.   Despite winning reelection, President Obama had joined a group of three other previous  incumbents (Eisenhower, Wilson, and Clinton) who had all entered office originally with  a united government in their very first term and then won

Photographer, he shows a glimpse into the behind the scenes of the POTUS or President of the United States (Souza, POTUS live at Google + hangout). In recent years our society is seeing first hand the evolution of new media. From the inception of the Internet, what followed was a whirlwind of progress in