United States Presidential Election 2008

The United States presidential election of 2008 will be held on November 4, 2008

The election will determine electors for the United States Electoral College, and whichever presidential candidate receives a majority of votes in the Electoral College (at least 270) will be the 44th president of the United States. If no candidate receives a majority in the Electoral College then the president-elect is selected by a vote of the House of Representatives. The president-elect will be inaugurated on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.

The 2008 election will be the first election in 80 years in which neither the sitting President or Vice President will seek his party's nomination.

In January 2007, Federal Election Commission Chairman Michael Toner stated that the 2008 U.S. presidential race will be "the most expensive election in American history."  Toner estimated that the 2008 race will be a "$1 billion election," and that to be "taken seriously," a candidate will need to raise at least $100 million by the end of 2007.

The 2008 Republican National Convention will take place at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota from September 1 until September 4, 2008. The first day of the Republican convention will be Labor Day, the last day of the popular Minnesota State Fair.

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