The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Democratic Party nominees Barack Obama, a U.S. Senator from Illinois, and his running mate Joe Biden, a long-time U.S. Senator from Delaware, defeated Republican Party nominees John McCain, a long-time and current U.S. Senator from Arizona, and his running mate Sarah Palin, a Governor of Alaska. Obama became the first African American ever to be elected president of the United States, and Joe Biden became the first Roman Catholic ever elected vice president. 

The incumbent president, George W. Bush, of the Republican Party, was ineligible to be elected to a third term due to term limits in the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution. McCain secured the Republican nomination by March 2008, but the Democratic nomination was marked by a sharp contest between Obama and initial front-runner Senator Hillary Clinton, with Obama not securing the nomination until early June. Early campaigning had focused heavily on the Iraq War and the unpopularity of outgoing Republican President George W. Bush, but all candidates focused on domestic concerns as well, which grew more prominent as the economy experienced the onset of the Great Recession and a major financial crisis that peaked in September 2008.
Who was the incumbent?
Which party?
Was he eligible to run?
Why not?
Who got the Republican nomination?
By when?
Who was one person competiting on the democratic side?
And the other?
Who was chosen?
when?
What was the  main focus?
Was Bush popular?
Was the economy going well?
What was it the beginning of?
When was the 56th presidential election?
What day of the week was that?
Was Obama a senator?
From where?
who was his running mate?
Was he a senator?
George W. Bush
The incumbent president, George W. Bush
Republican
George W. Bush, of the Republican Party
No
George W. Bush, of the Republican Party, was ineligible to be elected to a third term
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
George W. Bush, of the Republican Party, was ineligible to be elected to a third term due to term limits in the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
John McCain
Republican Party nominees John McCain
March 2008
McCain secured the Republican nomination by March 2008
Barack Obama
Democratic Party nominees Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton
Obama and initial front-runner Senator Hillary Clinton
Obama
with Obama not securing the nomination until early June
early June
Obama not securing the nomination until early June
the Iraq War
Early campaigning had focused heavily on the Iraq War
No
the unpopularity of outgoing Republican President George W. Bush
No
 the economy experienced the onset of the Great Recession
the Great Recession
the economy experienced the onset of the Great Recession
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Tuesday
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Yes
Barack Obama, a U.S. Senator from Illinois
Illinois
Barack Obama, a U.S. Senator from Illinoi
Joe Biden
his running mate Joe Biden
Yes
Joe Biden, a long-time U.S. Senator from Delaware