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| :: Meet the 2008 Presidential Candidates |
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| :: 2008 Presidential Debates |
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• Final Presidential Debate
- Foreign Policy (Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, Oxford, October 15, 2008) Transcript Final McCain-Obama Debate Most Contentious of the Three
• Second Presidential Debate
– Town Meeting (Belmont University, Nashville, TN, October 7, 2008) Transcript
Economic Issues Dominate Second Presidential Debate
• Vice Presidential Debate (Washington University, St. Louis, MO, October 2, 2008) Transcript Joe Biden, Sarah Palin Highlight Their Political, Personal Roots
• First Presidential Debate
– Domestic Policy (University of Mississippi, Oxford, September 26, 2008) Transcript
No Clear Winner in First Presidential Debate
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| :: 2008 Democratic National Convention (August 25-28) |
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- Obama Selects Joe Biden as Running Mate
- Opening Night of Democratic Convention
- Obama’s Willingness to Work with Allies
- Democrats Nominate Barack Obama for President
- Obama Accepts Presidential Nomination
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| :: 2008 Republican National Convention (September 1-4) |
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- McCain Chooses Sarah Palin as Running Mate
- Republican Party Quietly Opens National Convention
- Republicans Nominate John McCain for President
- Republicans Say McCain Will Listen to American Allies
- McCain Tells Republican Convention “Change Is Coming”
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o Both U.S. Presidential Candidates “Profoundly Shaped” by Asia (Free Trade/ North Korea)
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| :: Photo Gallery |
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| Barack Obama waves to a crowd of more than 76,000 before giving his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. |
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Barack Obama is joined on the Democratic National Convention stage by his running mate, Joe Biden. |
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| John McCain accepts the Republican nomination for president on September 4. |
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John McCain hugs Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin at a campaign rally in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
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| :: Multimedia |
| Audio |
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:: Publications (By the U.S. Department of State)
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• The Candidates (New!)
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Every presidential campaign is dramatic and historic, but as the fervor surrounding the 2008 election continues to build, U.S. voters and the rest of the world will want to consider the candidates’ personal histories more closely. What sort of people rise to the top in the U.S. political system, what are their attributes, their sensibilities, and their strengths? View PDF (1.07 MB)
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More than 100 million voters are likely to cast ballots in nationwide U.S. elections November 4. But only 538 men and women will elect the next president of the United States, and those elections will take place in 50 state capitals and in Washington, D.C., December 15. This indirect election system, called the Electoral College and devised in 1787 by the framers of the Constitution, puzzles Americans and non-Americans alike. It reflects the federal governing system of allocating powers not only to a national government and to the people but also to the states. We hope that this issue of eJournal USA will improve your understanding of the historical reasons for the Electoral College system and how it functions. View PDF (1.47 MB)
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• Previous publications
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| :: More Coverage |
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America.gov – Elections 2008
:Guide to the 2008 Elections (U.S. Department of State) |
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Campaign Trail Talk:
: Blogs at America.gov |
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