The+Democratic+Race

media type="custom" key="23192904" During the race for the election of 2008, many people ran for president, males, females, Democrats, Republicans. Within the presidential race, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Dennis Kucinich, Joe Biden, Mike Gravel, Chrisopher Dodd, Tom Bilsack, and Evan Bayh were the Democratic candidates. In the 2008 Iowa caucus, held on January 3rd, Barack Obama, Democrat and first black man to run for president, and Mike Huckabee, Republican, were the eventual winners. "You know, it did take a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and I think it might take another one to clean up after the second Bush." - Hillary Clinton, January 31 debate in Los Angeles. The Democratic National Convention, held in Denver, Colorado, lasted from August 25th to the 28th.

After speeches were given and votes were collected, 72.15% of the votes were for Obama, 22.87% for Clinton. This meant 3,188.5 votes were for Obama and 1,010.5 votes were for Clinton. 219 delegates, 4.96%, didn't vote at all. In all, the delegates, those who voted and those who didn't, added up to 4,419 people. Earlier the same day, Hillary Clinton had released her delegates, thus allowing them to vote for Obama, rather than having to vote for her. "Change doesn't come //from// Washington. Change comes //to// Washington." - Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, 2008.

When it comes to the opposing viewpoints of the final candidates, Biden and Obama, who supported what? Who opposed what? Barack Obama and Joe Biden both opposed abortion. Obama and Biden both supported everything that was currently happening in Afghanistan. Obama opposed guns completely. Biden supported them to a limit. Biden does believe that everyone has a right to bear arms, but no one should have bullets that can pierce armor; no military quality guns or bullets. Obama opposed Cuba and Biden supported it. Obama supported health care, as did Biden. Both candidates showed different viewpoints. Obama supported health care for unemployed persons who didn't qualify for federal programs. Biden, however, supported health care expansion on children's health.