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Presidential Election Process Timeline
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John McCain attends a fundraiser banquet in Illinois
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Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton attend a joint fundraiser for at a democratic conference in Washington D.C.
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Primary
Primary election: A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen.
types: caucus, open, closed
open:Open primaries allow anyone, regardless of political affiliation, to vote in the primary for any candidate
closed:In closed primaries, voters registered with a political party are only allowed to vote for candidates in that party.
Caucus: a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement to select candidates to support. -
Iowa- Caucus
Democrat: Barack Obama
Republican: Mike Huckabee -
Wyoming- Caucus
D: Obama
R: Romney -
New Hampshire- Primary (open)
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
Michigan- Primary (open)
D: Clinton
R: Romney -
South Carolina- Primary (open)
D: Obama
R: McCain -
Nevada- Caucus
D: Clinton
R: Romney -
Florida- Primary (closed)
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
Maine- Caucus
D: Obama
R: Romney -
West Virgina- Caucus
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
Utah - Primary (semi-closed)
D: Obama
R: Romney -
Tennessee- Primary (open)
D: Clinton
R: Huckabee -
Oklahoma
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
North Dakota-Caucus
D: Obama
R: Romney -
New York- Primary (closed)
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
New Mexico- Caucus (closed)
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
New Jersey- Primary (closed)
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
Montana- Primary (open)
D: Obama
R: Romney -
Missouri- Primary (open)
D: Obama
R: McCain -
Minnesota- Caucus
D: Obama
R: Romney -
Massachusetts- Primary (semi-closed)
D: Clinton
R: Romney -
Kansas- Caucus (closed)
D: Obama
R: Huckabee -
Illinois- Primary (open)
D: Obama
R: McCain -
Idaho- Caucus (closed)
D: Obama
R: McCain -
Georgia- Primary (open)
D: Obama
R: Huckabee -
Georgia- Primary (open)
D: Obama
R: Huckabee -
Vermont- primary
D: Obama
R: McCain -
Texas- Primary (open)
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
Rhode Island- Primary (semi-closed)
D: Clinton
R:McCain -
Ohio- Primary (Closed)
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
Pennsylvania- Primary (closed)
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
North Carolina- Primary (semi-closed)
D: Obama
R: McCain -
Indiana- Primary (openj)
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
West Virgina- Primary (semi-closed)
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
Oregon- Primary (closed)
D: Obama
R: McCain -
Kentucky- Primary (closed)
D: Clinton
R: McCainh -
Sounth Dakota- Primary (closed)
D: Clinton
R: McCain -
New Mexico- Caucus (closed)
D:Clinton
R: McCain -
Montana- Primary (open)
D: Obama
R: Romney -
Democratic National Convention
A convention is a gathering of political parties that will be feilding nominees in an election. The purpose to select nominees and select a platform within the party. All possible nominees and leaders of each party attend this convention.
- Howard Dean was the chairman of the Democratic National Convention
-Convention took place in Denver, Colorado
- Barack Obama was selected as the presidential nominee -
Republican National Convention
-took place in the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul Minnesota
-lead by George Bush
-the nominees chosen were John McCain, along with a V.P. nominee of Sarah Palin -
McCain uses campaign funding to form a pro-republican rally in D.C.
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Obama gives a speech to a democratic gathering on his election platform
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Networks called the race
called after 8pm, and west coast poll closed at 11 pm
-obama delivered his concession speech and victory speech within the hour. -
Election Day
Voters cast votes for listed presidential candidates but were actually selecting their state's slate of Electoral College electors. Popular vote:
Obama- 69,456,897 52.92%
McCain- 59,934,814 45.66% The voter turnout for this election was predicted to be high by American standards, and a record number of votes were cast. The final tally of total votes counted was 131.3 million, compared to 122.3 million in 2004. -
Meeting of Electors
electoral college: a set of each state is assigned a number of votes and that state based on their population.
- The electors sign, seal and certify the packages of electoral votes and immediately send them to the Federal and State officials listed in these instructions. -
Day of Obama's inauguration
Barack Obama took an oath under office as the new president of the United States.
inauguration: a formal ceremony to mark the beginning of a political leader's term in office.
- the 1933 ratification of the 20th amendment changed the inauguration day from March 4th to january 20th