2008 United States elections

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2008_United_States_elections
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 4, 2008
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:2010_United_States_elections
gptkbp:House_control_after_election gptkb:Democratic_Party
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2008 United States elections
gptkbp:includes gptkb:2008_United_States_Senate_elections
gptkb:2008_United_States_presidential_election
gptkb:2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
local elections
state legislative elections
2008 United States gubernatorial elections
gptkbp:notable_third_party_presidential_candidates gptkb:Ralph_Nader
gptkb:Bob_Barr
gptkb:Cynthia_McKinney
gptkbp:number_of_gubernatorial_seats_contested 11
gptkbp:number_of_House_seats_contested 435
gptkbp:number_of_Senate_seats_contested 35
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:energy
economic crisis
health care
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:politics
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:2006_United_States_elections
gptkbp:presidential_election_turnout 61.6%
gptkbp:presidential_vice_president_runner-up gptkb:Sarah_Palin
gptkbp:presidential_vice_president_winner gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:John_McCain
gptkbp:Senate_control_after_election gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:2006_United_States_midterm_elections
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7