2008 Campaign Events
The following list displays all campaign events of the major party nominees for president and vice president in each state from September 5, the day after the Republican presidential convention, to November 4. This information was compiled from the Washington Post and is based on publicly available information from media reports, campaigns, and other sources.  Some events are not included, since they were not deliberate campaign events, such as the debates or the candidates participation in forums and 9/11 remembrance ceremonies.

State Obama 
Biden  
     
 McCain 
Palin  
     
All Events*    
 Percentage of Events
Ohio 11
 19
18
 14
62
  20.67%
Florida
 17
 9
13
 7
46
  15.33%
Pennsylvania
 4
 8
18
 10
40
  13.33%
Virginia
 11
 5
3
 4
23
  7.67%
Missouri
 4
 8
5
 4
21
  7.00%
Colorado 7
 4
6
 3
20
  6.67%
North Carolina
 5
 5
2
 3
15
  5.00%
Nevada
 6
 1
1 4
12
  4.00%
New Hampshire
 4
 3
2
 3
12  4.00%
Michigan
 5
 2
3
 0
10
 3.33%
Indiana
 3
 2
1
 3
9
 3.00%
New Mexico
 2
 1
5 0
8
 2.67%
Wisconsin
 2
 0
6
 0
8
 2.67%
Iowa
 1
 0
3
 3
7
  2.33%
Maine
 0
 0
0
 2
2
  0.67%
Minnesota
 0
 0
2
 0
2
 0.67%
District of Columbia
 0 1
0 0
1
 0.33%
Tennessee
 0 0
1
 0
1
 0.33%
West Virginia
Ohio
 0 1
0 0
1
 0.33%
Alabama
 0 0
0 0
0
 0.00% 
Alaska
 0 0
0 0
0
  0.00%
Arizona
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
Arkansas
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
California
 0 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Connecticut
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Delaware
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Georgia
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
Hawaii
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
Idaho
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Illinois
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Kansas
 0 0
0
 0
0  0.00%
Kentucky
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Louisiana
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Maryland
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Massachusetts
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
Mississippi
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Montana
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
Nebraska
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
New Jersey
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
New York
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
North Dakota
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
Oklahoma
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
Oregon
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Rhode Island
 0 0
0 0
0
  0.00%
South Carolina
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
South Dakota
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
Texas
 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Utah
 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%
Vermont
 0 0
0 0
0
  0.00%
Washington 0
 0
0
 0
0
  0.00%
Wyoming 0 0
0 0
0  0.00%

Total
82
69

89
60
 
300
  
100.00%

*Information in this chart is based on data from The Washington Post 2008 Campaign Tracker.
 
November 5th 2008
Time to get rid of the Electoral College

Miami Herald endorses direct election of the President and the National Popular Vote plan.

November 5th 2008
Every Vote Should Count, From Sea to Shining Sea
New York Times

Letter to the Editor from FairVote's Rob Richie calling for a National Popular Vote for President to make sure that everyone's vote is counted equally.

November 2nd 2008
Ohio is still the political heartland
Dayton Daily News

Dayton Daily News cites FairVote's 2008 Campaign Tracker, which shows Ohio to be in the campaign spotlight.

November 2nd 2008
Our Skewed Electioneering Could Be Fixed

Citing FairVote executive director Rob Richie, syndicated columnist Neal Peirce advocates for the National Popular Vote plan.

October 28th 2008
When winner takes all, we lose: Fix electoral college now
New York Daily News

Bill Hammond calls for a National Popular Vote to make New York voters matter in the Presidential Election.

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