USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

[SOURCES]
What year did Obama get elected?

(A) 1990

(B) ** 2008

(C) 2006

(D) 2016

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Upon the vote of the Electoral College on December 15, 2008, and the subsequent certification thereof by a Joint Session of the United States Congress on January 8, 2009, Barack Obama was elected as President of the United States and Joe Biden as Vice President of the United States, with 365 of 538 electors.

Concept note-2: -Obama won a decisive victory over McCain, winning the Electoral College and the popular vote by a sizable margin, including states that had not voted for the Democratic presidential candidate since 1976 (North Carolina) and 1964 (Indiana, Virginia, and Nebraska’s 2nd congressional district).

Concept note-3: -David Plouffe, campaign manager.

Concept note-4: -Obama–Biden ticket Following U.S. Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama’s selection of Biden, the Senator’s vice-presidential general election campaign began. During the campaign, he used his political experience to complement Obama, and debated Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.