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.
 
April 11th 2000
Elian Gonzalez
Pacifica Radio

Fairvote comments on the importance of the Elian Gonzalez drama to presidential politics.

October 29th 1999
Electoral College

In a letter to the editors of the Wall Street Journal, Rob Richie uses election data to prove that the Presidency is the only office of significance in the nation where a candidate can win with fewer votes then an opponent.


Movement Started To Take Over Electoral College
WSOCTV

Former FairVote board member Jamie Raskin is interviewed on the National Popular Vote movement


A Binding Agreement
National Civic Review, Spring 2007


Lessons from an Election Fiasco
PR Newswire

Reacting to the 2000 election fiasco, Douglas Amy addresses the outdated electoral college and the problem of the spoiler effect.

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