Two years ago, while living in Boston, there was lots of buzz surrounding Obama and I knew that he would be president. No, I'm not psychic, I just realized that the States needed a new image and Obama was the man for the job. His platform of change was supported by his skin colour and passionately articulated with his Kennedy like oratorical radiance.
Thus, while watching the numbers on tv at a friend's intimate election party, I was not surprised by the final results but was quite excited by all the records that were broken on November 4th, 2008. These statistics are great proof of the change that Obama represents:
* No democrat has won North Carolina since 1976. Obama won it last night.
* No democrat has won Indiana & Virginia since LBJ was in power (think 1964).
Obama won them both.
* Nevada, Ohio, & Iowa, historically all Republican states, voted for Obama.
* The voter turn out,which typically averages around 50%, was at a whopping 64%
Sweet! Good job America. Should be an interesting next four years.
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