Kammala wannan jumla: McCain ya ɗan ɗauki jagoranci a cikin ƙididdigar tseren da aka ɗauka bayan taron Republican, amma Obama da sauri ya sake fitowa a matsayin jagora a cikin ƙididdigar. Yaƙin neman zaɓe na McCain ya lalace sosai saboda rashin amincewar gwamnatin Bush da Yaƙin Iraki, kuma amsar McCain ga ɓarkewar rikicin kuɗi a watan Satumbar 2008 an yi la'akari da shi a matsayin mara kyau. Obama ya lashe kuri'u 365 da kashi 52.9% na kuri'un jama'a. Zaben ya baiwa 'yan Democrat ikon sarrafa ikon zartarwa da zartarwa a karon farko tun bayan zaben 1994. Bayan zaben, Bush ya taya Obama murna kuma ya gayyace shi zuwa Fadar White House. Tare da taimakon gwamnatin Bush, an dauki sauyin shugabancin Barack Obama a matsayin nasara, musamman ga sauyin shugabanni na jam'iyyun daban-daban. A lokacin da yake
a rantsar da shi a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 2009, Obama ya gode wa Bush saboda aikinsa a matsayin shugaban kasa da kuma goyon bayansa ga sauyin Obama.