Popularity and campaign management

• Who was Obama's main opponent for the Democratic nomination?

  Hillary Clinton
• Until early March 2008 how much support did Clinton have?


  She received 18 million votes and had 48% of pledged Democrat delegates supporting her
• What early support did Obama receive?

  Popular grass-roots support
• What turn-out occurred at the Democrat Iowa Caucas?


  Obama's team expected 150,000 to turn out but the success ensured 230,000 voters turning out
• Where did Clinton have a comeback victory in?

  New Hampshire, and her team claimed it as a game-changer
• What is Super Tuesday?

  Where 22 of the states vote in Primaries
• Where did Obama win in early February?

  South Carolina on the 5th February, placing him the lead for pledged delegates
• What did Clinton's team focus on?

  Winning Super Tuesday expecting for Clinton to inevitably have the most delegate pledges
• How much money was Clinton's campaign down by Super Tuesday?

  $6 million in the negative
• What was to happen for Clinton after Super Tuesday?

  They appeared to have no real plan afterwards due to Obama's success
• How else did Obama trump Clinton?

  His message of 'Change' was more impactful than hers of 'experience'
• Where did Clinton secure victories?

  New York and California
• How many delegates did Obama lead with?

  13 pledged delegates
• How many consecutive primaries/caucases did Obama win?

  11
• Who had won the already finished Republican primaries?

  John McCain
• What happened to McCain after winning?

  He became almost invisible
• What continued within the Democrat nominations?

  Animosity between the two candidates
• How did the animosity work in Obama's favour?

  Both he and Clinton remained visible with 'wall-to-wall' coverage keeping them in the spotlight
• What backlash did Obama face?

  That of his Reverend Jeremiah Wright
• What was posted of Jeremiah White?

  His speeches with various angry sermons about how 9/11 terror attacks had been posted by foreign policy, and that HIV was an illness created by whites to wipe out black people
• What did Obama do as a result of White's actions surfacing?

  He addressed the issues and then had to distance and cut all ties
• How much did the number of new voters in states such as Ohio, Georgia, Virginia, Iowa and Nevada expand by?

  4 million votes with the majority being Democrats
• How many states set a record turnout?

  26 out of 53
• How many voted in the Democrat primaries?

  36 million
• How many voted in the Republican primaries?

  20 million
• Who did Clinton intially receive endorsements from?

  John Lewis and others, while Obama had few
• Who was a key individual courted by Obama?

  David Geffen, a billionaire entertainment Mogul
• What did Geffen do to support Obama's campaign?

  He did a fundraiser in February 2007 which raised $1.3 million
• What did Geffen like about Obama?

  His calmness and lack of entitlement
• Which endorsement did the Clinton's lose?

  Ted Kennedy who endorsed Obama after he won South Carolina
• Who else switched their endorsement?

  John Lewis endorsed Obama after he won 11 contents in a row