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.
 
December 18th 2007
An opportunity to dump the electoral college
NJ.com

Columnist Frank Askin writes about the National Popular Vote plan, and why the time has come to dump the Electoral College.

December 13th 2007
New Jersey Assembly wants electoral votes for popular vote winner

The Assembly voted 43-32 on Thursday to approve legislation delivering the state's 15 electoral votes for president to the winner of the national popular vote.

December 9th 2007
A 'Ridiculous' Idea?
The Columbian

The Columbian endorses the National Popular Vote plan for electing the president.

November 28th 2007
Real Reform
The Reporter

FairVote friend Steven Hill slams the congressional district plan for awarding electoral votes and points to a better option: a national popular vote for president.

October 2nd 2007
Keep it simple with a national popular vote
The Politico

FairVote's executive director supports a national popular vote for president over allocating electors by congressional district.

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