According to First Read, that’s how long it’s been since Iowa governor Tom Vilsack kicked off the 2008 campaign season when he filed paperwork to start his presidential bid on November 9, 2006, just days after the Democrats won control of Congress.
For those of you who are math junkies, that is the equivalent of five days shy of a full two years; 17,424 hours; 1,045,440 minutes; and 62,726,400 seconds.
Not a good outlook for McCain. Never in a million years did I think my projections would be more conservative than Karl Rove’s.
538 – The total number of votes in the Electoral College.
270 – The number of votes in the Electoral College needed to win the White House.
72 – John McCain’s age. If elected, he would be the oldest first term president in American history.
65 – Joe Biden’s age.
47 – Barack Obama’s age.
44 – Sarah Palin’s age.
9 – The number of candidates who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination.
11 – The number of candidates who ran for the Republican presidential nomination.
43 – The number of men who have been President of the United States.
46 – The number of men who have been Vice President of the United States.
14 – The number of vice presidents who have become president.
0 – The number of women and African Americans who have been President or Vice President of the United States.
41 – The number of states that lost jobs during the month of September.
15 – The approval rating of Congress in a recent poll by CBS News and the New York Times.
22 – President George W. Bush’s approval rating in recent poll by CBS News and the New York Times.
435 – The number of members in the House of Representatives. All of them are up for re-election.
34 – The number of senators up for re-election.
60 – The number of senators necessary to break a filibuster.
150,000,000 – The record amount of money the Obama campaign raised during the month of September.
134,000,000 – The amount of money the Obama campaign had at its disposal to spend during the final month of the election.
640,000,000 – The amount of money raised by the Obama campaign.
360,000,000 – The amount of money raised by the McCain campaign.
4,191 – The number of U.S. military casualties killed in Iraq since 2003.
554 – The number of U.S. military casualties killed in Afghanistan since 2001.
537 – The number of votes that decided who won Florida and the 2000 presidential election.
123,535,883 – The number of people who voted in the 2004 presidential election.
19,549,291 – The number of ballots cast during early voting in the 2008 election.
Note: All statistics are updated as of Friday, October 31.
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