2008 Angola Election Results

Legislative elections were held across the nation of Angloa on September 5, 2008.
The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Workers’ Party, led by President Jose Eduardo de Santos, won 75 percent of the seats. Election prediction: The MPLA is the winner of the 2008 legislative election in Angola.
Angola has not held elections since […]

2008 GOP Vice Presidential Candidate Named

The presumptive Republican candidate for President of the United States, John McCain, named his 2008 vice presidential running mate.
Senator McCain had been considering several individuals. He selected Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison from Texas to run with him in the November election. Political prediction: Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is the GOP vice presidential nominee.
Hutchison has served […]

2008 Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Named

Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate Barak Obama named his choice for running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.
Senator Obama considered a number of highly qualified candidates. He chose Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas, as his vice presidential running mate. Presidential election prediction: Kathleen Sebelius is the 2008 Democratic vice presidential nominee.
Governor Sebelius was elected to her […]

2008 Iran War Update

The world’s six leading powers expressed concerns about increasing hostilities with Iran as a result of its nuclear enrichment program during the summer of 2008.
Negotiators representing the six nations and Iran engaged in talks to resolve the tense situation. President Ahmadinejad of Iran warned that Iran was not concerned about good relations with the powers. […]

2008 Cambodian Parliamentary Election Results

The 2008 parliamentary elections in Cambodia were held 27 July 2008 throughout the country.
The Cambodian People’s Party kept its hold on government, winning a majority of seats. Election prediction: the Cambodian People’s Party wins the 2008 Cambodian parliamentary election.
Candidates representing eleven different political parties began campaigning a month before the election. The opposition Sam Rainsy […]

2008 Iceland Presidential Election Cancelled

Iceland cancelled its presidential election, originally scheduled to be held on Thursday, 26 June 2008 throughout the country.
Earlier in the year, incumbent president Olaf Ragnar Grimsson announced he would stand for another term; in keeping with tradition, no other candidates stepped up to contest the office. Iceland presidential election prediction: Olaf Ragnar Grimsson is the […]

2008 Swiss Referendum Results

A referendum election was held Sunday, 1 June 2008 in Switzerland to decide on a number of questions submitted by the people.
The referendum vote included three questions. Voters overwhelmingly approved an initiative to submit naturalization decisions to the local assembly. Swiss referendum prediction: The people’s initiative supporting community decisions in naturalization applications wins approval.
The people […]

2008 Georgia Parliamentary Election Results

Parliamentary elections in the European nation of Georgia were held Wednesday, 21 May 2008; a large percentage of the nation’s nearly 3.5 million voters went to the polls.
Many voters expressed their preference for the National Movement Party of President Mikheil Saakashvili, which won the majority of seats in Georgia’s new Parliament; the Christian Democratic Alliance […]

2008 Dominican Republic Election Results

The Dominican Republic held its presidential election on Friday, May 16, 2008.
The ballot included the names of six main contenders for the office. In the weeks prior to the election, incumbent President Leonel Fernández Reyna, representing the Dominican Liberation Party, led in the polls, followed closely by Miguel Vargas Maldonado of the Dominican Revolutionary Party. […]

2008 West Virginia Democratic Primary Election Results

Democrats in the state of West Virginia went to the polls on Tuesday, 13 May 2008 to express their preference for the Democratic Party’s Presidential candidate.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Senator Barack Obama of Illinois squared off, campaigning for the lion’s share of the state’s 39 delegates.
Early polls showed Clinton leading Obama […]

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