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	Barack Obama	Mccain
	Currently 3.97/5 1 2 3 4 5 Rating: 4.0/5 (376 votes)
Electoral votes won:	365
Books Authored:	Dreams from My Father: A story of Race and Inheritance & The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts of Reclaiming the American Dream.
Serves on committees:	The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Foreign Relations Committee, Veterans’ Affairs Committee. In 2005 and 2006, he served on the Environment and Public Works Committee.
Position on Abortion:	Supports Roe v. Wade; criticized Supreme Court decision that upheld ban on partial-birth abortions.
Position on Healthcare:	Require that all children have health insurance; pay for it by rolling back President Bush's tax cuts for people earning over $250,000; aims for universal coverage.
Married to:	Practicing Lawyer Michelle Robinson
Assumed Office on:	January 3, 2005
Running mate:	Joseph "Joe" Biden
Specialties:	Fifth African American Senator in U.S. history and the only African American currently serving in the U.S. Senate
Position on the Economy:	Repeal the Bush tax cuts for households earning more than $250,000. Said his plan for tax relief to middle and working classes would help stabilize the economy.
States won in primary/caucus:	WA, ID, WY, UT, CO, KA, NE, ND, MO, IA, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, Oregon, NC, Guam, DC, Virgin Islands, Delaware
Position on Iran:	Engage in direct diplomacy; tighten economic sanctions with international cooperation; would meet with the Iranian president with no preconditions; military option not off the table.
Position on Iraq:	Opposed invasion from the beginning; opposed troop increase; withdraw one or two brigades a month to finish within 16 months.
Position on Immigration:	Supports a path to legalization for illegal immigrants that includes learning English and paying fines; toughen penalties for hiring illegal immigrants; voted for fence along Mexican border.
Position on Global Warming:	Supports a mandatory cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions.
Political Party:	Democratic
Alma Mater:	Harvard law school, Columbia University
Religion:	Christian (United church of Christ)
Age:	47
Place of Birth:	Honolulu, Hawaii, Usa
Date of Birth:	August 4,1961
Current Position:	President Of the United States of America
States won in 2008 Presidential Election:	CA (55), CO (9), CT (7), D.C. (3), DE (3), FL (27), HI (4), IA (7), IL (21), IN (11), MA (12), MD (10), ME (4), MI (17), MN (10), NC (15), NH (4), NJ (15), NM (5), NY, (31), NV (5), OH (20), OR (7), PA (21), RI (4), VA (13), VT (3), WA (11), WI (10)