About Election Day
The United States presidential election of 2008 will be held on November 4, 2008. This election will be the 56th consecutive quadrennial election in the U.S. and will determine the President and Vice President of the country.
The Republican Party has selected John McCain (Senior U.S. Senator from Arizona). John McCain has selected Sarah Palin (Governor of Alaska) to run as his Vice President.
The Democrats have selected Barrack Obama (U.S. Senator from Illinois). It is the first time in history that an African American is a presidential nominee for a major party. Barrack Obama selected Roman Catholic Joe Biden (senior U.S. Senator from Delaware) to run as his Vice President.
This 2008 election is the first time in U.S. history that two senators will run against each other for president. It is also the first time that both major candidates were born outside the continental United States. Obama was born in Hawaii and McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone. If McCain is elected, he will be the oldest first-term President with a first woman Vice President.
The 2008 election will coincide with Senate elections in 33 states, House of Representatives elections in all states and gubernatorial elections in 11 states.
The president-elect and vice president-elect are scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2009.
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