2008 Delamarian Presidential Election

2008 Presidential Election

December 2, 2008 (2008-12-02)
670 Electoral Statehood votes 336 votes needed to win
Turnout	24,672,782
Candidate Herbert Walker-Busch Gerard Severnson Party United Party Social Labour Party Alliance Liberal Party Home state Swansylvania Deveraux Running mate Pierre Monroe William Macnamara Electoral vote 501 169 States carried 25 5 Popular vote 14,680,000 9,992,000 Percentage 59.5 40.5
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Walker-Busch/Monroe and red denotes those won by Severnson/Macnamara.
President before election Gerard Severnson Social Labour President Herbert Walker-Busch United

The 2008 Delamarian presidential election was held on December 2nd 2008. The United Party nominee, Former Senator and Secretary of Defence Herbert Walker-Busch, won in a landslide, defeating incumbent President Gerard Severnson, a member of the Social Labour party with support of the Liberal party.

Nominations

United Party

Main article: 2008 United Party presidential primary

2008 United Party ticket
Herbert Walker-Busch	Pierre Monroe
for President	for Vice President
Secretary of Defence (2004–2006) Senator from New Bedford (2000–2004)	Governor of Radnor (1996–2008)
Campaign

Social Labour

2008 Social Labour Party ticket
Gerard Severnson	William Macnamara
for President	for Vice President
22nd President of Delamaria (2006–2008)	Vice President of Delamaria (2006–2008)
Campaign

Liberal Party

The Liberal Party was highly divided over whether to support President Severnson's ticket. Four votes were held at the Liberal Party, three rejecting the endorsement of the ticket, with the last vote accepting the endorsement, after rules were changed surrounding Superdelegates' voting powers.

2008 Liberal Party ticket
Gerard Severnson	William Macnamara
for President	for Vice President
22nd President of Delamaria (2006–2008)	Vice President of Delamaria (2006–2008)
Campaign