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Presidential Election Process Timeline

By AlyssaGiungo

  • Candidates begin to fundraise for the upcoming election

  • Presidential candidate Barack Obama hosts a fundraising luncheon

  • John McCain appears on FOX News, to get Republican boosters to endorse him

  • ABC News hosts a Democratic debate between potential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton

  • Potential Presidential Candidate, John McCain hosts a fundraising dinner. Many Republican party boosters attend.

  • Hillary Clinton holds a fundraising brunch. She makes a short speech, stating that we have to improve the quality of our country.

  • Barack Obama, John Edwards, Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, and Dennis Kucinich file papers to get their names off of the Democratic Primary Ballot

  • Former Republican Candidate Tommy Thompson endorses Rudy Giuliani for President

  • Ron Paul raises the most money on a single day of any Republican candidates to date with $4.3 million

  • Democratic Candidate Barack Obama announces that Oprah Winfrey will appear with him on the campaign trail

  • Primaries

    -a primary is a preliminary election in which voters nominate party candidates for office
    -there are two types of primaries( caucus and direct)
    -a direct primary can be either open or closed

  • Iowa Primary

    Winners:
    democrat-Barack Obama
    republican-Mike Huckabee
    -caucus

  • Wyoming Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Barack Obama
    Republican-Mitt Romney
    -caucus

  • Oklahoma Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • New Hampshire Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Hillary Clinton
    Republican-John McCain
    -open primary

  • Michigan Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Hillary Clinton
    Republican-Mitt Romney
    -open primary

  • South Carolina Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Barack Obama
    Republican-John McCain
    -open primary

  • Nevada Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Hillary Clinton
    Republican-Mitt Romney
    -caucus

  • Obama's Inauguration

    -a presidential inauguration is when the president is sworn in
    -the inauguration is always on January 20th because in the olden days there needed to be a long amount of time between election day and inauguration day becasue it took a long time to find out the winner. However, new technology made it faster to tally the votes and report the winner so they did not need a long time between the two days anymore. The 20th ammend. was passed and it changed it to a closer date to election day(jan. 20)

  • Florida Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • Minnesota Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-Romney
    -caucus

  • West Virginia Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • Utah Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-Romney
    -closed primary

  • Tennessee Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-Huckabee
    -open primary

  • North Dakota

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-Romney
    -caucus

  • New York Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • New Mexico Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • New Jersey Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • Montana Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-Romney
    -open primary

  • Missouri Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-McCain
    -open primary

  • Massachusetts Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-Romney
    -closed

  • Kansas Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-Huckabee
    -caucus

  • Illinois Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-McCain
    -open primary

  • Idaho Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-McCain
    -open primary

  • Georgia Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-Huckabee
    -open primary

  • Democrats Abroad Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    -closed primary

  • Delaware Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • Connecticut Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • Colorado Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-Romney
    -closed

  • California Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • Arkansas Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-Huckabee
    -open primary

  • Arizona Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • American Samoa Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain

  • Alaska Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-Romney
    -caucus

  • Alabama Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-Huckabee
    -open primary

  • Vermont Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-McCain
    -open primary

  • Texas Priimary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -open primary

  • Rhode Island Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • Ohio Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • Pennsylvania

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • North Carolina Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-McCain
    -closed priimary

  • Indiana Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -open primary

  • Hawaii Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    -caucus

  • Oregon Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • Kentucky Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • South Dakota Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed primary

  • New Mexico Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Clinton
    Republican-McCain
    -closed caucus

  • Montana Primary

    Winners:
    Democrat-Obama
    Republican-Romeny
    -open primary

  • Democratic Convention

    -Denver, Colorado at the Pepsi center
    -a national conention is a party's national voice, the purpose is to nominate the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates
    -people who attend: candidates, head of the committee, and the delegates
    -head of the convention:Howard Dean
    -people give speeches and vote on candidates
    -president nominee of 2008:Barack Obama, Joe Biden for vice president

  • Republican Convention

    -St. Paul, Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center
    -a national conention is a party's national voice, the purpose is to nominate the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates
    -people who attend: candidates, head of the committee, and the delegates
    -people give speeches and vote on candidates
    -head of the conventiob:George W Bush
    -president nominee of 2008: John McCain (Sarah Palin for vice president)

  • Three days after the Democratic Convention, candidates Obama and Biden "go to the people" They didcuss their veiws on the current condition of The United States

  • Candidates McCain and Palin appear at a rally and state their thoughts on the party platform and make promises on behalf of the government

  • Obama and Biden appear at a rally. They presented their philosophies and views on healthcare and taxing

  • Candidates Obama and Biden, and McCain and Palin continue to campaign for the upcoming election

  • The day before the election, the candidates make a last minute effort to recieve more votes

  • Election Day: Barack Obama and Joe Biden win 52.92 percent of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes to John McCain and Sarah Palin's 45.66 percent and 173 electoral votes. McCain concedes the election in Phoenix, Arizona and President-elect Obama gives

  • The Electoral College meets on December 15th, 2008. Obama gets 365 votes and McCain gets 173 votes