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What was the historic nature of the presidential election of 2008?

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As neither Bush nor Vice President Dic k Cheney sought the presidency, the 2008 election was the first election since 1952 in which neither major party's presidential nominee was the incumbent president or the incumbent vice president. ... After a long primary season, Obama clinched the Democratic nomination in June 2008.

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