A map of the United States showing the number of electoral votes allocated to each state. Under the current system, 270 electoral votes are required for a majority, out of 538 overall.

 

Aug 21

Barack is in Chesapeake, Virginia holding a town hall meeting at Oscar Smith High School. He is joined by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. Watch the event live below…

[UPDATE] This event is now over. Stay tuned for more coverage.

Aug 21

JacobIAJacob, 24, of New Vienna, Iowa was not even here to cast his vote in the 2004 elections. He had to send his ballot in direct from Baghdad. A soldier in the 82nd Airborne based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Jacob spent four years in the Army, including two deployments to Baghdad as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Aug 21

Barack is in Chesapeake, Virginia holding a town hall meeting at Oscar Smith High School. He is joined by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. Watch the event live below…

[UPDATE] This event is now over. Stay tuned for more coverage.

Aug 21

Faye, 49, is a fire department captain in Miami, Florida who usually spends her free time playing basketball. But after Barack won the Democratic primary, Faye decided she needed to find time to get involved in the campaign.

After what has gone on in our government for the past eight years, our country needs a change, and Obama seems to be the right person to bring us that change.

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Aug 21

Faye, 49, is a fire department captain in Miami, Florida who usually spends her free time playing basketball. But after Barack won the Democratic primary, Faye decided she needed to find time to get involved in the campaign.

After what has gone on in our government for the past eight years, our country needs a change, and Obama seems to be the right person to bring us that change.

Continue reading »

Aug 21

JacobIAJacob, 24, of New Vienna, Iowa was not even here to cast his vote in the 2004 elections. He had to send his ballot in direct from Baghdad. A soldier in the 82nd Airborne based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Jacob spent four years in the Army, including two deployments to Baghdad as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Aug 21

Earlier today at a town hall in Chester, Virginia Barack spoke about the real economic challenges facing Americans and the need for a president who has a sense of what ordinary people are going through.

Barack explained:

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