United States Presidential Election, 2008 (Jimmy is down!)

The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Independent candidates George W. Bush, former Governor of Texas, and Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts  defeated Democratic Party nominees Barack Obama, a U.S. Senator from Illinois, and his running mate Joe Biden, a long-time U.S. Senator from Delaware, and  Republican Party nominees incumbent President John McCain and incumbent Vice President Ron Paul.

With the combination of both the aftermath of the War on Terror and the failing captures of Osama Bin Laden, John McCain's popularity dropped by 80% and even though the eventual winner George W. Bush campaigned for the Republican nomination, the Republican party still chose McCain as their nominee. And with  the Democratic nomination was marked by a sharp contest between Obama and initial front-runner Senator Hillary Clinton, with Obama not securing the nomination until early June.