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.
 
September 16th 2004
States must act to bring end to arcane voting system
Star-News

Rob Richie is quoted in support of national popular vote in an article that supports proprotional allocation of electoral votes until the Electoral College can be abolished.

September 8th 2004
The Electoral College Votes Against Equality
Los Angeles Times

September 1st 2004
Hurdles Remain for American Voters Who Live Overseas
New York Times

August 29th 2004
Abolish the Electoral College
New York Times

On August 29, 2004, the New York Times reversed its position and called for direct election of the president.

August 6th 2004
Electoral College Encourages Fraud
Amherst Bulletin

Ryan O'Donnell writes that fraud in presidential elections won't end with the introduction of papertrails.

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