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How many people in the United States voted in the 2008 primary election?
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∙ 15y ago
Out of the 231,229,580 people old enough to legally vote 132,618,580 turned out or 56.8% of the voting population.
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∙ 11y ago299,398,484 total population
225,746,457 total population over 18 years
122,394,724 total number of US citizens that voted in 2008 election
= 54% of population voted.
Between 22 and 24 million Americans ages 18-29 voted, resulting in an estimated youth voter turnout of between 49.3 and 54.5 percent.
Sixty-six percent of young voters cast their ballot for Barack Obama, the largest-ever showing for a presidential candidate in this age group.
131,463,122 people voted for U. S. President and Vice President in 2008.
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∙ 5y agoDemocratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 69,297,997 and McCain 59,597,520.
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∙ 6y ago131,257,238 votes were officially counted in the 2008 US presidential election. This does not count spoiled/blank ballots.
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∙ 12y ago131,257,328 is what one source gives.
The total popular vote for all candidates in the 2008 Presidential election was officially announced at 131,257,328.
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∙ 13y agoOut of the 231,229,580 people old enough to legally vote 132,618,580 turned out or 56.8% of the voting population.
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∙ 15y ago287,000,000
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∙ 14y ago6,305,103
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What is Direct Primary and where are they located?
"It is an election for public office which are chosen by direct vote of the people, instead of delegates. This election takes place all across the United States."
What is a general election?
A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election.General election is also a term used in opposition to primary election. In the United States, primary elections serve to narrow down a field of candidates, and general elections actually elect candidates to offices. The general election is usually held on Election Day, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years.It meets the above definition of "general election" in that the entire United States House of Representatives is elected on Election Day, though not the entire United States Congress. Prior to the 17th Amendment, members of the United States Senate were not directly elected by the people but rather by their state legislature. Though Senators have been directly elected since then, only one-third of them are up for election on any given Election Day. The U.S. President is also chosen during a November general election that follows primaries.
Who appoints the president of the United States?
The people who vote in a open election.
What is the president chosen by?
The president of the United States is chosen by the people of the United States. An election is held every four years for the citizens to vote for their next president.
What is a government primary?
A primary, or primary election, is the election in which voters decide which of the candidates within a party will represent the party in the general election. So basically, when people vote on who will run for the democrats during the presidential election, it's a primary election. Voting on the actual president would be the general election.
A presidential candidate is selected by congress?
No. In the United States there is two powerful political parties. Each has men who run in the primary election and from the man who wins the primary becomes the candidate who is selected at a party convention. The conventions meet and people from across the United States come to represent their state. On the last night they vote for the man who has won the primary election and the ticket. The ticket is also the man chosen by the presidential canadate for the office of Vice President. The VP is selcted for various reasons and for what he can bring to the ticket to help them win.
What did the seventeenth amendment establish?
The provisions of the seventeenth amendment were that the U.S. senators would be elected by the people.
What political reform enacted through the ratification of the 17th amendment?
United States Constitution established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. Under which senators were elected by state legislatures.
How many proposed amendments to change system of election of president?
It all depends on the congress and the people of the United States.
This is an election in which party members select people to run in the general election-?
Direct primary is the election in which party members select people to run in the general election.
Why is English the primary language spoken is the US?
Because a majority of the people in the United States speak English.
An election in which party memebers slelecf people to run in the general elction?
A direct primary, which is now used in some form in all U.S. states.
