2008 United States presidential election: Difference between revisions
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|rowspan=1|'''State'''
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|rowspan=1|<small>'''Run. Mate'''</small>
|'''Michael Bloomberg'''
|Colin Powell
|Ed Markey
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▲|'''45,439,005'''
|43,114,992
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|'''2nd Round'''
|'''55,245,633'''
|49,233,994
|''(eliminated)''
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The '''2008 United States presidential election''' was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Republican ticket of Hillary Rodham, a U.S. senator from
President John McCain’s campaign was heavily dented after an unexpectedly strong primary challenge from AFP senator
The early campaign focused heavily on President McCain’s involvement in the Liberian War, with Rodham and Feingold being opposed to the war and McCain, who having started it, declared it a triumph. Other issues included the administration of Sudan, which was under continued military occupation, LGBT rights, and the ongoing economic recession.
===Republican Candidates===
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
File:Hillary Rodham.jpeg|Senator '''[[Hillary Rodham]]''' of [[New York]]
File:(Bloomberg).jpeg
</gallery>
===America First Candidates===
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
File:John McCain 2009 Official.jpg
</gallery>
===Progressive Candidates===
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
File:John Edwards, official Senate photo portrait.jpg|Senator John Edwards of North Carolina
File:Ron Dellums (1).jpg|Mayor Ron Dellums of Oakland, California
</gallery>
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