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On November 4, 2008, after a whole year of presidential battles, the result has been spoken. Senator, Barack Obama is elected as the next President of the United States!
As a matter of fact, he is also the first president to be elected into office with an African American heritage.
The son of a Black father from Kenya and a Cauasian mother from Kansas, the Democratic Sen. Barack Obama from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in the majority of electoral votes. Barack Obama had 349 and McCain had 147. In order to win the presidential election, you must have at least 270 electoral votes.
A huge crowd in Grant Park in Chicago erupted in happiness at the news of Obama's victory, while some wept through tears of joy. "Change has come to America" has he addresses his acceptance speech to the world.
As McCain concedes his defeat to Obama, McCain humbly addresses to his people of Arizona of his 10 long years battle of presidency. "The American people have spoken, and spoken clearly," McCain tells disappointed supporters in Arizona.
Obama and his running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, will take their oaths of office as president and vice president on Jan. 20, 2009.
As the 44th president, Obama will move into office as leader of a country that is almost certainly in recession, and fighting two long wars, one in Iraq and the other in Afghanistan.
Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech:
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Obama's victory sparks cheers around the globe
By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press Writer
PARIS - Barack Obama's election as America's first black president unleashed a renewed love for the United States after years of dwindling goodwill, and many said Wednesday that U.S. voters had blazed a trail that minorities elsewhere could follow.
People across Africa stayed up all night or woke before dawn to watch U.S. history being made, while the president of Kenya -- where Obama's father was born -- declared a public holiday.
In Indonesia, where Obama lived as child, hundreds of students at his former elementary school erupted in cheers when he was declared winner and poured into the courtyard where they hugged each other, danced in the rain and chanted "Obama! Obama!"
"Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place," South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, said in a letter of congratulations to Obama.
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