Numbers and more numbers from the 2008 presidential campaign cycle and the journeys of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain:

Road to the White House

• Days since Obama announced his candidacy, as of Tuesday, Nov. 4: 633

• Days since McCain announced his candidacy: 559

• Days since former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, the first Democrat to formally enter the race, announced his candidacy: 726

• Days since the first presidential nominating contest in Iowa: 306

• Total number of candidates who launched White House bids: 25

Magic Numbers

• Delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination: 2,118

• Delegates needed to secure the Republican presidential nomination: 1,191

• Electoral votes needed to win the presidency: 270

Victories

• Democratic nominating contests won by Obama: 32

• Democratic nominating contests won by Hillary Rodham Clinton: 22

• Competitive GOP nominating contests won by McCain before clinching the nomination: 24

• Competitive GOP contests won by Mitt Romney: 11

• Competitive GOP contests won by Mike Huckabee: 8

• Competitive GOP contests won by Rudy Giuliani, once the front-runner in national polls: 0

Great Debaters

• Democratic presidential debates: 21

• Republican presidential debates: 15

• Presidential debates between Obama and McCain: 3

• Total words spoken in the three presidential debates: Roughly 45,000

Turnout

• Largest crowd at an Obama campaign event: More than 200,000, at the Victory Column in Tiergarten Park in the heart of Berlin.

• Largest non-convention crowd at a McCain campaign event: An estimated 23,000 at a rally in Fairfax, Va.

• Votes cast in the New Hampshire Democratic primary: 284,104

• Votes cast in the New Hampshire Republican primary: 233,381

• Total votes for Obama in Democratic primary contests where delegates were awarded: 17,555,179

• Total votes for Clinton in Democratic primary contests where delegates were awarded: 17,839,896

• Total votes for McCain in Republican primary contests: 9,928,078

Show Me The Money

• Contributions for Obama, as of Oct. 15: $641.5 million

• Contributions for McCain (including public financing): $358 million

Spending By Obama

AS OF OCT. 15: $564 million

• Media: $240 million

• Travel: $39.5 million

• Salaries & benefits: $46 million

• Home Depot: More than $27,000 for office supplies, staging, sound and lighting equipment

• Domino’s Pizza: $900

• Starbucks: $2,200

• Einstein Bros. Bagels: $426

• Dunkin’ Donuts: $2,500

Spending By McCain

AS OF OCT. 15: $262 million

• Media: $116 million

• Travel: $20 million

• Salaries and benefits: $20 million

• Home Depot: $3,430

• Domino’s Pizza: $550

• Starbuck’s: $1,810

• Einstein Bros. Bagels: $87

• Dunkin’ Donuts: $1,010

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Sources: Federal Election Commission; Center for Responsive Politics

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Compiled by Associated Press Writers Ann Sanner and Jim Kuhnhenn