Barack Obama 2008 presidential primary campaign in Indiana on May 6, he took the lead in committed superdelegates. The results in those two states made Obama the clear front-runner for the nomination, and he picked up endorsements from 26 superdelegates in the week after those primaries. On August 27 Barack Obama was awarded the Democratic presidential nomination by acclamation at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Various criticisms were made during the campaign concerning Obama's religious background and heritage, both by political opponents and by some members of the media. In 2004, conservative columnist Andy Martin issued a press release alleging that Obama had
Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries come from each state's primary or caucus article. Click on the specific election (link) column to see the sources used in those articles. † Barack Obama was not on the ballot in Michigan. Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries This article is a collection of statewide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the Democratic presidential primaries, 2008. A graphic summary of the data in map form follows. For state and territory names abbreviated in the maps in this article, see: "List of US postal abbreviations". The following table shows a summary of the