All Posts Tagged With: "2008 presidential election"
2008 Presidential Election Maps
Either I have poor search abilities or Google images is in need of some final 2008 election maps. I’m guessing it’s the latter. At any rate, here’s some eye candy for all of you political junkies out there. These are some of the best 2008 Obama vs. McCain election maps I’ve seen so far.
Final 2008 Presidential Election Results by State

Voting Shift From 2004 to 2008 by County

2008 Election Results Population “Bubble” Map

2008 Election Results County Map

2004 Election Margin of Victory Map by County

2008 Margin of Victory Map by County

2008 Barack Obama Margin of Victory Map by County

2008 John McCain Margin…
22Jan2009 | S. Oakes | 3 comments | Continued2008 Presidential Election Maps: Obama takes key swing states
Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States Here are a collection of maps to show you how he did it:

Source: FiveThirtyEight

Source: FiveThirtyEight
States called so far that have flipped from Republican to Democrat (Iowa, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Indiana, Virginia, and New Mexico) Here’s how the final 2008 Presidential Map is likely to play out with Missouri and North Carolina still too close to call.

2008 Presidential Election Results by county in swing states:
Virginia

Ohio

North Carolina

New Mexico

Iowa

Indiana

Colorado

Nevada

The Presidential Election Cycle… What The Obama-McCain Battle Means For Stocks
America will soon elect its next president.
What was a hotly contested race a few weeks ago now appears to be swinging in favor of Democratic candidate Barack Obama, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Election Night will be much less dramatic.
The question is: How will this major event and changing of the White House guard affects the economy, the stock market – and more importantly, individual investors? Many investors are already sick to death of the drama that the stock market has tossed at them this year, so aren’t likely to welcome much more.
Let’s take a look…
The Four-Year Presidential Cycle And…
3Nov2008 | Smart Profits Report | Comments Off | ContinuedElection 2008: Taking a Financial Flyer on the Race for the U.S. Presidency
A Portuguese online bank, Banco Best, is offering deposits tied to the results of the U.S. presidential election: If U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., wins the White House, Banco Best will pay 8% for the period between the deposit and Nov. 4; if Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., wins, the bank will pay 2%. That reflects the general preference for Obama held in Europe; it’s worth noting that the bank’s not offering an equivalent deposit product biased the other way, which by all the rules of hedging it should be (opening branches in Arizona and Wasilla, Alaska, where demand might be expected…
15Oct2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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