The Green Papers: 2008 General Election
 
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Presidential Electors:538 
Governors:50 
Senators:100 
Representatives:435 
2000 Census:281,998,273  
Estimated Voting age population (2000):205,815,000
Registered Voters (2000):156,421,311
 

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2008 General Election for Governors, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House
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President
Electoral Votes - 270 to win
Obama365
McCain173
Total538
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Electoral Vote Breakdown
Obama: CA:55, CO:9, CT:7, DC:3, DE:3, FL:27, HI:4, IA:7, IL:21, IN:11, MA:12, MD:10, ME:4, MI:17, MN:10, NC:15, NE:1, NH:4, NJ:15, NM:5, NV:5, NY:31, OH:20, OR:7, PA:21, RI:4, VA:13, VT:3, WA:11, WI:10
McCain: AK:3, AL:9, AR:6, AZ:10, GA:15, ID:4, KS:6, KY:8, LA:9, MO:11, MS:6, MT:3, ND:3, NE:4, OK:7, SC:8, SD:3, TN:11, TX:34, UT:5, WV:5, WY:3
2008 Incumbents (going into the 4 November 2008 General Election)
Governors
Democratic28
Republican22
Total50
110th Senate
Republican49
Democratic48
Independent1
Independent Democrat1
(vacant office)1
Total100
110th House
Democratic235
Republican198
(vacant offices)2
Total435
4 November 2008 General Election Results (undetermined = to be elected)
Governors
Democratic29
Republican21
Total50
111th Senate
Democratic57
Republican41
Independent1
Independent Democrat1
Total100
111th House
Democratic257
Republican178
Total435

 

Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates
Announced 19 November 2007. The debates begin at 9PM Eastern Daylight time, last 90 minutes, and are open to candidates who (1) are constitutionally eligible to hold the office of President, (2) have achieved ballot access in a sufficient number of states to win 270 electoral votes, and (3) are polling at 15% in select national polls. The backup sites are Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Reference: http://www.debates.org.
 
DateDebateTopic/FormatScoringLocation
Friday
26 September		First PresidentialForeign Policy and National SecurityMcCain: 77
Obama: 75		University of Mississippi
Oxford, Mississippi
Thursday
2 October		Vice Presidential Biden: 152
Palin: 151		Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri
Tuesday
7 October		Second PresidentialTown MeetingObama: 116
McCain: 112		Belmont University
Nashville, Tennessee
Wednesday
15 October 2008		Third PresidentialDomestic and Economic PolicyObama: 77
McCain: 75		Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York
 

2008 Presidential, Senate and House Results and Analysis
With a brief history of US electoral politics since the Civil War
by Adrian Beaumont
Special to TheGreenPapers.com

http://writein2008.blogspot.com/: 2008 US Presidential Write-in Candidate Requirements for each State.
Research by the Frank Moore for President campaign.

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