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This article lists the endorsements made by members of the 110th United States Congress for candidates for their party's nominations in the 2008 United States presidential election. All of the Democratic members of Congress are also superdelegates to their party's presidential nominating convention, except for those from Florida and Michigan.
During the 2008 United States presidential election, newspapers, magazines, and other publications made general election endorsements. As of November 4, 2008, Barack Obama had received more than twice as many publication endorsements as John McCain; in terms of circulation, the ratio was more than 3 to 1, according to the detailed tables below.
• The Wall Street Journal and The Orange County Register, papers that did not endorse a candidate in 2004, had not announced an endorsement, nor explicitly stated they would not endorse, through Sunday November 2, 2008. • The Virginian Pilot announced in October 2007 it would no longer endorse presidential candidates.
NewspaperCirculationEndorseeEditionUSA Today2,284,219does not endorse candidatesdoes not endorse candidatesThe Wall Street Journal2,069,463generally does not endorse candidatesgenerally does not endorse candidates1,077,256ObamaOctober 23773,884ObamaOctober 19The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the ...
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This map is shaded by how large the popular vote difference was between the two nominees. It is a way to view the relative competitiveness of each state. These maps are also available as a timeline for each election from 1972-2020. Results of the presidential election of 2008, won by Barack H. Obama with 365 electoral votes.
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