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Property	Value
rdf:type	Election
rdfs:label	2008 Presidential Election (President Paul)
rdfs:comment	The United States presidential election of 2008 was held on Tuesday November 4, 2008 to elect the 44th president of the United States of America. It was the 56th quadrennial election for President and Vice President. George W. Bush, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Representative Ron Paul of Texas won the Republican nomination, while the Democrats nominated Hillary Rodham Clinton, Junior Senator from New York and former First Lady, and the first female nominee for a major party ticket. Paul eventually emerged victorious after narrowly defeating Clinton by 20 electoral votes.
popular vote	35188772 37344122
dcterms:subject	United States Presidential Elections United States Presidential Elections President Paul President Paul
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states carried	20 30
flag size	50
Next Year	2012
election date	2008-11-04
election name	United States presidential election, 2008
before party	Republican
map caption	Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Paul/Barr , Blue denotes those won by Clinton/Dean .
map size	350
ongoing	no
electoral vote	259 279
Type	presidential
flag image	Flag of the United States.svg
after party	Republican
nominee	Ron Paul (President Paul) Hillary Clinton
home state	New York Texas
Party	Republican Democratic
Title	President
map image	US Electoral College 2008 President Paul.png
before election	George W. Bush
Image	148 154
running mate	Howard Dean Bob Barr
Percentage	49.5 48.6
previous election	2004
next election	2012
after election	Ron Paul
Previous Year	2004
abstract	The United States presidential election of 2008 was held on Tuesday November 4, 2008 to elect the 44th president of the United States of America. It was the 56th quadrennial election for President and Vice President. George W. Bush, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Representative Ron Paul of Texas won the Republican nomination, while the Democrats nominated Hillary Rodham Clinton, Junior Senator from New York and former First Lady, and the first female nominee for a major party ticket. Paul eventually emerged victorious after narrowly defeating Clinton by 20 electoral votes.