Presidential Election Polls
On 4-11-2008, the presidential election polls of the USA were conducted. Republican John McCain from Arizona was defeated by Democrat Barack Obama of Illinois. This was the fifty-sixth presidential polls conducted every 4 years in the States to elect president & vice president. Since 1952, this was the first occasion where an incumbent president and vice president had not run for the same offices.
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This presidential election polls is unique for some reasons. It was the first time in the history of the USA that an African-American emerged the winner. A Roman Catholic was never elected to the vice presidency before this election. In addition, no incumbent two senators were in the fray before. After a period of 40 years, the highest voter turnout has been recorded this time.
Throughout the polls campaign, the issues concerning the Iraq war, the economy, unpopularity and the policies of the incumbent Republican president George W Bush, and American people’s desire for a change figured prominently. In the last few months of the campaigning in the presidential election polls, the focus shifted mainly to the economy and domestic policy. This was made all the more significant in the context of the economic crisis of 2008.
In accordance with the existing facts and figures, the expenditure incurred in conducting presidential election polls have escalated drastically. In the final analysis, the president-elect Barack Obama alone had spent about $ 513,557,218 with the average spent on per vote coming to $ 7.39. The Republican candidate John McCain had spent about $ 346,666,422 with average amount spent per vote being $ 5.78. According to Federal Election Commission, a grand total of $ 1,644,712,232 had been collected and $ 1,601,104,696 expended by a total of one hundred and forty-eight candidates of all parties for general and primary campaigns combined.
When these things are considered, there is no reason to undervalue the enormity and significance of the presidential election polls of 2008. After a very tough contest, Senator Barack Obama received 69,456,897 (52.92%) popular votes whilst Senator John McCain polled 59,934,814 (45.66%) votes. The electoral votes were 365 for Obama and 173 for McCain. Finally, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States of America at the state capital of Washington D.C. on 20th January, 2009.