Election+2008

media type="custom" key="23192694" As the 2008 elections approached Barack Obama and John McCain were head and head in the race to become the next president. Obama barely got the presidency he won by a couple thousand votes but in the United States thats not a lot to win by. Barack Obama was supported by the Democratic Party and John McCain was supported by the Republican Party. During this election they focused on many different issues that are a problem then and now.

The people who ran in this race was Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin, Joe Biden the United States Senator of Delaware, Barack Obama the United States Senator of Illinois, and John McCain the United States Senator of Arizona. When it got closer to actual election time they narrowed it down to Obama and McCain to be voted on to be the forty-fourth president of the United States. When it came to Election Day Obama got 69,449,428 votes which is 52.87 percent of the population and he got three hundred and sixty-five electoral votes and that is 67.8 percent of them. Then McCain got 59,950,323 votes which is 45.6 percent of the population and he got one hundred and seventy-three electoral votes and that is 32.2 percent of them. Obama had twenty-eight of the states that he won over and McCain had twenty-two states. They ended up fighting over the state of Colorado to win them over so they could get more states for them.

"Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our president and fight.

We're Americans. We're Americans, and we will never surrender. They will" John McCain.

During this election they talked about many things to focus on to try to win people over. One of the main things they talked about was abortion. McCain didn't think abortion was right while Obama thought it was a women's choice what she does with her body as stated in the nineteenth amendment. They also debated about countries as in Afghanistan, Cuba, Russia, Israel, Iraq, and Iran. They talked about these countries because during this election they were having major conflict with each other and the United States. They also debated about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender issues as in marriage. This can also be called the LGBT Issue. Then the final issues they debated was education, health care, homeland security, housing, social security, stem cell research, and taxes. They debated this because Obama wanted the future generations to have a better world then it was then.

"Life doesn't count for much unless you're willing to do your small part to leave our children, all of our children, a better world. Even if it's difficult. Even if the work seems great. Even if we don't get very far in our lifetime." Barack Obama June fifteenth, 2008.

Barack Obama ended up winning the election that year and got re-elected and is president today. He is currently trying to change health care to give us a better world like he promised.