Road to the White House in numbers

Numbers and more numbers from the 2008 presidential campaign cycle and the journeys of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain:

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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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