Numbers and more numbers from the 2008 presidential campaign cycle and the journeys of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain:
ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
- Days since Obama announced his candidacy, as of Tuesday, Nov. 4: 633
- Days since McCain announced his candidacy: 559
- Days since former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, the first Democrat to formally enter the race, announced his candidacy: 726
- Days since the first presidential nominating contest in Iowa: 306
- Total number of candidates who launched White House bids: 25
MAGIC NUMBERS
- Delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination: 2,118
- Delegates needed to secure the Republican presidential nomination: 1,191
- Electoral votes needed to win the presidency: 270
VICTORIES
- Democratic nominating contests won by Obama: 32
- Democratic nominating contests won by Hillary Rodham Clinton: 22
- Competitive Republican nominating contests won by McCain before clinching the nomination: 24
- Competitive Republican contests won by Mitt Romney: 11
- Competitive Republican contests won by Mike Huckabee: 8
- Competitive Republican contests won by Rudy Giuliani, once the front-runner in national polls: 0
GREAT DEBATERS
- Democratic presidential debates: 21
- Republican presidential debates: 15
- Presidential debates between Obama and McCain: 3
- Total words spoken in the three presidential debates: Roughly 45,000
TURNOUT
- Largest crowd at an Obama campaign event: More than 200,000, at the Victory Column in Tiergarten Park in the heart of Berlin.
- Largest non-convention crowd at a McCain campaign event: An estimated 23,000 at a rally in Fairfax, Virginia.
- Votes cast in the New Hampshire Democratic primary: 284,104
- Votes cast in the New Hampshire Republican primary: 233,381
- Total votes for Obama in Democratic primary contests where delegates were awarded: 17,555,179
- Total votes for Clinton in Democratic primary contests where delegates were awarded: 17,839,896
- Total votes for McCain in Republican primary contests: 9,928,078
SHOW ME THE MONEY
- Contributions for Obama, as of Oct. 15: $641.5 million
- Contributions for McCain (including public financing): $358 million
SPENDING BY OBAMA, AS OF OCT. 15: $564 million
- Media: $240 million
- Travel: $39.5 million
- Salaries & benefits: $46 million
- Home Depot: More than $27,000 for office supplies, staging, sound and lighting equipment
- Domino's Pizza: $900
- Starbucks: $2,200
- Einstein Bros. Bagels: $426
- Dunkin' Donuts: $2,500
SPENDING BY MCCAIN, AS OF OCT. 15: $262 million
- Media: $116 million
- Travel: $20 million
- Salaries and benefits: $20 million
- Home Depot: $3,430
- Domino's Pizza: $550
- Starbuck's: $1,810
- Einstein Bros. Bagels: $87
- Dunkin' Donuts: $1,010
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