a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream) 2. Usually, reams. a large quantity: He has written reams of poetry.
2. Barack Obama has won more popular votes than any Democratic candidate for president in historyâexcept Barack Obama in 2008. 3. Barack Obama is the first Democratic president to win more than 50 percent of the popular vote in a re-election run since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1944. 4. Barack Obama is the only Democratic candidate for president since FDR to twice win more than 50 percent of the national vote. 5. Barack Obama has, in both of his presidential runs, won a higher percentage of the national vote than any Democratic nominee since Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 landslide victory.
On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama defeated Republican presidential nominee John McCain, 52.9 percent to 45.7 percent, to win election as the 44th president of the United Statesâand the first African-American to hold this office. His running mate, Delaware Senator Joe Biden, became vice president.