Presidential candidates work grueling schedules criss-crossing the country wooing voters. Consider Barack Obama’s itinerary for four weeks this past July: seven stops in New Hampshire and 15 in Iowa, the two historically important early-voting states, as well as trips to more than a dozen other towns and cities around the nation. Here we track his schedule and highlight stops along the way.
WEEK 1: July 1-7 | |
Sunday | Chicago, IL |
Monday | Laconia, NH > Concord, NH |
Tuesday | Keokuk, IA > Mt. Pleasant, IA > Fairfield, IA |
Wednesday | Oskaloosa, IA > Pella, IA > Des Moines, IA |
Thursday | Philadelphia, PA > New Orleans, LA |
Friday | Chicago, IL |
Saturday | Chicago, IL |
WEEK 2: July 8-14 | |
Sunday | Chicago, IL |
Monday | Huntsville, AL > Birmingham, AL |
Tuesday | Des Moines, IA > Washington, DC |
Wednesday | Washington, DC |
Thursday | Detroit, MI > Grand Rapids, MI |
Friday | Las Vegas, NV > Chicago, IL |
Saturday | Oelwein, IA > Elkader, IA > Manchester, IA > Peosta, IA |
WEEK 3: July 15-21 | |
Sunday | Chicago, IL |
Monday | Chicago, IL |
Tuesday | Washington, DC > Cincinnati, OH |
Wednesday | Washington, DC |
Thursday | Sunapee, NH > Hanover, NH |
Friday | Hampton, NH > Manchester, NH > Nantucket Island, MA |
Saturday | Chicago, IL > Des Moines, IA |
WEEK 4: July 22-28 | |
Sunday | Miami Beach, FL > Columbia, SC |
Monday | Mt. Pleasant, SC > Charleston, SC |
Tuesday | Charleston, SC > New York, NY |
Wednesday | Washington, DC |
Thursday | Concord, NH > Columbia, SC > St. Louis, MO |
Friday | Adel, IA > Winterset, IA |
Saturday | Des Moines, IA > Chicago, IL |