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 29th 2005
S.D. has little say in picking president
ArgusLeader.com

News article about FairVote's Who Picks the President report focuses on changes to make South Dakota voters a player in presidential elecitons. Runs on state Associated Press wire in several papers.

November 14th 2005
Group questions Louisiana's influence
The Louisiana Advocate

FairVote's "Who Picks the President" report generates interest for Louisiana columnist.

November 9th 2005
Primary reform good for Nebraska
Lincoln Journal Star

An editorial using FairVote's report Who Picks the President to underscore the importance of electoral college and primary schedule reform.

November 1st 2005
The Shrinking Battleground
Tom Paine.com

FairVote's Chris Pearson and Ryan O'Donnell argue that the Electoral College has a wide range of negative consequences for American democracy.

October 27th 2005
Parties should make direct election of president a priority
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

FairVote's Ryan O'Donnell argues that a genuine commitment to inclusion should impel both parties to think seriously about direct election for president.

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