United States presidential election, 2008

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Election Regulations. The congressional election will be held every two years as requires for the Constitution of the United States. People choose all the members of the one-third of the Senate for a six-year term and a House of Representatives for a two-year term. The Constitution moreover requires the election of a President and a Vice President every four years. The national elections are to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November.

Nomination of Candidates. All candidates at national, state, and local conventions or in closed meetings of party members called caucuses are nominated by a political parties. Today, primary elections directly nominated the candidates for most state and local offices. In the upcoming general election a direct primary is a competition in which voters choose the candidates who will represent each political party. The remaining candidates may run in the general election, where voters make their final choice. However, only the candidates who win the primaries become official party nominees. The original primary receives more than half the vote if no candidate a runoff election may be held. The winner becomes the party nominee when the two candidates with the most votes run against each other.

Election Procedures. Most elections are supervised on the local level by county election officials, who divide each county or ward into voting districts called precincts. Election officials determine the place where votes will be cast, called the polling place or the polls. They also check voters' names against registration lists, hand out ballots, and supervise the depositing of marked ballots in ballot boxes. In most states, the officials at each polling place must represent the two major political parties. In some areas, citizens' groups station observers called poll watchers at the polls to ensure that election officials perform their tasks honestly.



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Electoral Candidates and Party List



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Democratic Party

Democratic Presidential candidates, 2008


Candidates for the Democratic Party
Name
(Former) Position
From
Campaign Site
Joe Biden
 U.S. Senator Delaware http://www.joebiden.com/home/
Hillary Rodham Clinton
 U.S. Senator and Former First Lady New York http://www.hillaryclinton.com/
Christopher Dodd
 U.S. Senator Connecticut http://www.chrisdodd.com/home
John Edwards
 U.S. Senator and 2004 Democratic Vice Presidential candidate North Carolina http://johnedwards.com/splash/
Mike Gravel
 U.S. Senator Alaska http://www.gravel2008.us/
Dennis Kucinich
 U.S. Representative Ohio http://kucinich.us/
Barack Obama
 U.S. Senator Illinois http://www.barackobama.com/
Bill Richardson
 Governor New Mexico http://www.richardsonforpresident.com/


Potential Candidate
Name
(Former) Position
From
Campaign Site
Gen. Wesley Clark
 Former NATO Commander Arkansas http://securingamerica.com/splashpage/
Al Gore
 Former U.S. Vice President and 2000 Democratic Presidential candidate Tennessee http://www.algore.com/|http://www.algore.org/





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Republican Party

Republican Presidential candidates, 2008

Candidates for the the Republican Party
Name
(Former) Position
From
Campaign Site
Sam Brownback
 U.S. Senator Kansas http://www.brownback.com/s/
Jim Gilmore
 Former Governor Virginia http://www.gilmoreforpresident.com/
Rudy Giuliani
 Former Mayor New York http://www.joinrudy2008.com/
Mike Huckabee
 Former Governor Arkansas http://www.explorehuckabee.com/
Duncan Hunter
 U.S. Representative California http://www.gohunter08.com/
John McCain
 U.S. Senator Arizona http://www.johnmccain.com/
Ron Paul
 U.S. Representative Texas http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
Mitt Romney
 Former Governor Massachusetts http://www.mittromney.com/
Tom Tancredo
 U.S. Representative Colorado http://www.teamtancredo.com/
Fred Thompson
 U.S. Senator Tennessee http://www.imwithfred.com/
Tommy Thompson
 Governor and Secretary of Health and Human Services Wisconsin http://www.tommy2008.com/Home.aspx


Potential Candidate
Name
(Former) Position
From
Newt Gingrich
 Speaker of the House Georgia,
George Pataki
 Governor New York





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Third Parties



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Constitution Party

Candidates for the Constitution Party
Name
From
James Gilchrist
 California





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Green Party

Official Press Release

Candidates for the Green Party
Name
(Former) Position
From
Campaign Site
Elaine Brown
   Georgia  
Michael Jingozian
   Oregon http://kannforpresident.net/
Jesse Johnson
   West Virginia  
Jerry Kann
   New York http://kannforpresident.net/
Paul Kangas
   California  
Kent Mesplay
 CA Delegate to the Green National Committee California, http://www.mesplay.org/
Joe Schriner
   Ohio http://www.voteforjoe.com/
Kat Swift
 co-chair of Green Party Texas http://www.prezkat.info/


Potential Candidate
Name
(Former) Position
From
Campaign Site
Ralph Nader
 (rumored candidate. A "Draft Nader" effort has begun among some Greens.) Connecticut

http://www.draftnader.org/ http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/21/2020/
Cynthia McKinney
 Former Representative Georgia http://www.algore.com/|http://www.algore.org/
Rebecca Rotzler
   New York http://www.gp.org/greenpages/content/volume9/issue3/tulsa1.php





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Libertarian Party

Candidates for the Libertarian Party
Name
From
Campaign Site
Daniel Imperato
 Florida http://www.imperato2008.com/imperato2008/
Mike Jingozian
 Oregon http://www.resetamerica.com/
Bob Jackson
 Michigan http://bobjackson.org/default.aspx
Steve Kubby
 California http://www.kubby2008.com/
George Phillies
 Massachusetts http://phillies2008.org/
Christine Smith
Colorado http://www.christinesmithforpresident.com/
Wayne Allyn
 Nevada http://www.millionairerepublican.com/


Potential Candidate
Name
(Former) Position
From
Campaign Site
Ron Paul
 Representative Texas http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
Barry Hess
   Arizona  





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Independents

Candidates running as Independents
Name
From
Campaign Site
Joe Schriner
 Ohio http://www.voteforjoe.com/
Jon A Greenspon
 California http://greenspon2008.com/default.aspx
Charles T. Maxham
 New Jersey http://home.earthlink.net/~maxhamforpresident/
James H. Mccall
 Ohio http://www.callonmccall.com/
Donald K. Allen
 Ohio http://donaldkallenforpresident.com/
Steve Adams
 Kentucky http://www.presidentadams.com/
David Koch
Utah http://www.dave08.com/
John Taylor Bowles
 South Carolina http://www.bowlesforpresident.com/
Bob W. Hargis
 Oklahoma http://www.hargis.info/


Potential Candidate
Name
(Former) Position
From
Campaign Site
Michael Bloomberg
 Mayor New York City  
Francis Playfair
   Louisiana http://www.myspace.com/playfair_2008
David J. Masters
   North Carolina http://www.mastersin08.com/
Jeff Shapiro
   Indiana  





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Rumored candidates
Name
(Former) Position
From
Campaign Site
Chuck Hagel
 U.S. Senator Nebraska http://www.sandhillspac.com/






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Withdrawn candidates

 
Name
(Former) Position
From
Parties
Reason
Alan Augustson
   Illinois Green Party withdrew on June 30, 2007, to seek instead the United States House of Representatives seat for the Illinois' 5th congressional district
Tom Vilsack
 Former Governor Iowa Democratic Party Presidential candidate from November 30, 2006 to February 23, 2007, withdrew from seeking the Democratic nomination due to a lack of funds.
Dale Thompson
   West Virginia Constitution Party Bride frontman was seeking the Constitution Party nomination. He dropped out around March 19, 2007.





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Polling Survey

source: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/


► Survey Polling for the General election
► Survey Polling for the Democratic nomination
► Survey Polling for the Republican nomination





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