Barack Obama Vs Mccain

John mccain r on november 4 2008.

Barack obama vs mccain. The 2008 united states presidential electionwas the 56th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 4 2008. He defended his opponent barack obama. John mccain s memorial service in washington on saturday. John mccain calls for respect for his then opponent and eventual victor president barack obama.

However the differences between john mccain and barack obama in terms of ends means and temperaments are far more conspicuous than their similarities. A woman came up to mccain at. During that day the president of the united states and vice president of the united states were selected. Senatorfrom delaware defeated the republicanticket of john mccain the senior senatorfrom arizona and sarah palin the governorof alaska.

Barack obama d won the presidency by defeating arizona sen. In a widely circulated video from the 2008 presidential campaign sen. There is a bipolar quality to mccain s. Barack obama from the democratic party defeated john mccain to win the presidency and is the first african american president.

The united states presidential election 2008 is a political event which took place on november 4 2008. Former president barack obama spoke at sen. Obama won the electoral college after receiving 365 votes to 173 votes for mccain. The contrasts between mccain 71 a white former navy pilot and vietnam prisoner of war and obama 46 a black harvard law school graduate and former community organizer go far beyond the.

He was sworn in as president on january 20 2009. Barack obama defeats john mccain nov. Senatorfrom illinois and joe biden the senior u s. In their hearts as the two themselves said they were cut from a similar.

In a united states presidential election a person must get 270 electoral votes to win. Obama who beat mccain in the 2008 presidential election said that the two men competed at. John mccain a republican barack obama a democrat but at the core the two men were more alike than dissimilar some say. 4 2008 the presidential election held on this day in 2008 was the first since 1952 in which neither an incumbent president nor an incumbent vice president.

Obama became the nation s first african american president with his victory.