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Why John McCain Did Not Win the 2008 Presidential Election

Senator John McCain did not win the 2008 Presidential Election for a few reasons. Many people were quite shocked and surprised because of the way that he had come up in the rankings of the Republican public court of opinion. Senator John McCain had run for the previous President Election and came close to becoming the Republican Nominee. Many people attribute his lost of that Presidential Election to a heated debate between him and former United States President George W. Bush. John McCain had come a very long way to be one of the top contenders in the 2008 Presidential Election. He started out his campaign with very little money, but did whatever he had to do to make it to the top. John McCain did not have the financial support as the other candidates at the start of his campaign, so as the other Presidential candidates of the 2008 Presidential Election climbed into their private jets to go to the next city, Senator John McCain said they he oftentimes had to take the bus to the next destination. Eventually John McCain was able to build a great rapport with the people and rise to the top of the polls … Continue reading