Election 2008
The race for the forty-fourth president of the United States.
Presidential Elections
Elections From the First to the Present
In 1789 George Washington, running virtually unopposed, became the first president of the United States. Since that time forty-three men have been elected to the presidency while democracy has spread throughout the world. Election Geek will tell the story of these elections in detail, looking at the people who ran, the makeup of the country who voted for them and looking into where American elections are going.
At the moment Election 2008 is just getting started and the bare section on this site will soon be filled with information. In addition the resident Geek will be researching that very first election of 1789 and in the coming months it will make its appearence here followed by all the rest.
Election Facts
Originally Vice Presidents were the presidential candidates receiving the second-largest number of electoral votes. The Twelfth Amendment, passed in 1804, changed the system so that the electoral college voted separately for president and vice president. The presidential candidate, however, gradually gained power over the nominating convention to choose his own running mate.
