Barack Obama Profile

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. He was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii USA. His name Barack means ‘one who is blessed’ in Swahili. His father, Barack Obama, Sr., was from Kenya and died in an automobile accident in 1982. His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was born in Wichita, Kansas and died in 1995 of ovarian cancer. Obama attended Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981. He then transferred to Columbia University, in New York City, graduating from Columbia in 1983.…

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2008 Presidential Election Results

On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential election, making him the President-elect and the first African American elected President of the United States. He carried 28 states (and the District of Columbia) while Sen. John McCain carried 22 states. State-by-state election results Presidential candidate Party Popular vote Electoral vote Running mate Count Pct Barack Obama Democratic 69,456,897 52.92% 365 Joe Biden John McCain Republican 59,934,814 45.66% 173 Sarah Palin Ralph Nader Independent 738,475 0.56% 0 Matt Gonzalez Bob Barr Libertarian 523,686 0.40% 0 Wayne Allyn Root Chuck Baldwin Constitution…

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