Barack Obama will be the 44th President Of The United States

While not all of the states have finished tallying, Barack Obama has already been announced to have won the election to become the United States’ 44th President, making him the first African-American to become Chief Executive.

While some states fell in step as predicted, sways in voting – lead by young voters – helped Barack win normally “red” (ie Republican) states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia.

Even Florida managed to stay on top of their voting apparatus this time around, adding their 27 electoral votes to Obama’s side without any major problems.

As of this time, Obama has been predicted to receive 338 electoral votes to McCain’s 141, well above the 270 needed to win.

While exit polls in some states showed McCain’s choice of VP, Sarah Palin, was detrimental to his campaign, McCain managed to thank her and tell everyone to support her further endeavors during his concession speech in Arizona.

While McCain’s acceptance speech was rather more gracious than expected from some, the crowd of his supporters was much less so. From booing when McCain mentioned Obama to trying to invigorate McCain to run again in 2012, the crowd was rather unapologetic in their negative attitude towards the next President.

While this rather angry reaction was hopefully due to their candidate’s loss tonight, it really showed the dichotomy of the two campaigns, especially when Obama supporters cheered McCain’s efforts and his dedication to America. Were they just being gracious in their win, or, as it seemed to feel, would they have left the booing and catcalls aside even if Obama hadn’t been elected?

So what should Americans take away from this monumental election? We as a nation still believe in hope. While many have become cynical about politics, they still believe that change is possible, and put their support behind Obama tonight and his campaign of hope for the future. Will the overwhelming support myriads of Americans have shown for Obama tonight be misplaced, or will Obama become a President that will be able to keep the trust of the American people long past election night?

At least for a little while, we’ll put our cynicism of politicos aside and join the rest of the country in hoping.