Barack Obama: Elections
The 2008 Election, held on Tuesday, November 4: Democrat Barack Obama, a senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, a senator from Arizona. As the campaign progressed, outgoing President George W. Bush (R) had become increasingly unpopular and the major-party candidates ran on a platform of change and reform. Obama beat McCain in both electoral and popular vote. Obama received the most votes for a presidential candidate in American history, and won the popular vote by the largest margin in 12 years. This was the first U.S. presidential election in which an African American was elected, having also been the first in which an African American won the nomination of either major party. This was also the first election since 1952 in which neither of the major parties' nominees was the incumbent President or Vice President.
The 2012 election held on Tuesday, November 4: Democratic nominee, incumbent President Barack Obama, and his VP Joe Biden, were re-elected to a second term, defeating the Republican nominee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, and his running mate, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. Obama won 332 electoral votes to Romney’s 206. Obama lost North Carolina, Indiana, and Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional district, which he won during the 2008 election.
(Personal thoughts) These were both very sad and frustrating days for me. The next election cannot come fast enough.
Comments
Good summary but expand a bit more on your personal thoughts. Explain why.