2008 US presidential election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2008_US_presidential_election
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:campaignIssues gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:energy
gptkb:public_policy
economic crisis
gptkbp:campaignSloganMcCain gptkb:Country_First
gptkbp:campaignSloganObama gptkb:Yes_We_Can
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 4, 2008
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:Presidential_debates_2008
gptkbp:Democratic_primary_runner-up gptkb:Hillary_Clinton
gptkbp:Democratic_primary_winner gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkbp:Democratic_running_mate gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkbp:DemocraticNominee gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkbp:electoralCollegeTotalVotes 538
gptkbp:electoralVotesLoser 173
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First African American elected US president
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2008 US presidential election
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkbp:losses gptkb:John_McCain
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkb:John_McCain
gptkbp:majorPartyCandidates gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkb:John_McCain
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2012_US_presidential_election
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:Chuck_Baldwin
gptkb:Ralph_Nader
gptkb:Bob_Barr
gptkb:Cynthia_McKinney
gptkbp:popularVoteLoser gptkb:John_McCain
gptkbp:popularVoteLoserCount 59,948,323
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2004_US_presidential_election
gptkbp:Republican_primary_winner gptkb:John_McCain
gptkbp:RepublicanNominee gptkb:John_McCain
gptkbp:runningMateOf gptkb:Sarah_Palin
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkbp:voterTurnout 61.6%
gptkbp:votesForWinner gptkb:Barack_Obama
365
69,498,516
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:2012_US_presidential_election
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6