Philadelphia always votes democrat. In addition, there is a large African-American population so people were SO excited. I looked up the stats for my voting district and over 96% of the people voted for Obama.

I doubt that what I experienced occurred outside of large urban areas. Sometimes, because I live in such a liberal part of the country, I am shocked what other parts of the country are like.

It is very exciting. His speech was amazing and I’m so glad to have been a part of it. I did, however, stay up much too late and really paid for it yesterday.

I must admit, I’ve felt excited ever since. Obama has a huge task ahead of him. But I think the fact that he has been voted President should fill most of the world with optimism. He’s proved that anything is possible. And that alone will go a long way in helping our countries out of recession. One person alone can’t do it but the efforts of many of us can.

But, for now, it is pretty amazing that a country as racist as ours elected Barack Obama – it’s historic. I was born in 1968 – the year that both Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated and I think this election shows how far we have come.

But, will Obama disappoint us? Absolutely. He is going to govern from the center and is not going to be as left as people would like. He has to. It is the only way that he will be reelected again in 4 years.

In 2000 I was a fan of the Natural Law Party. They have since shut down but you might be interested in reading about it. http://www.natural-law.org/ I kind of think of it as the Common Sense Party.

Before the result was announced, I was hopeful and excited. After it, not so much.

Personally I was not as relieved as you were, but rather disappointed in the narrow-mindedness displayed by the voters. I was really hoping that Polachek would win but over 95% of the votes went to either McCain or Obama. Considering everyone keeps talking about “change” it’s funny that they would elect someone from one of the two parties who have been running this country almost since it began. I’m sure so much will change now.

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@Vered – What taxes are so high in California? Is it the state tax or property taxes? Since our country is currently in such debt and fighting two wars, I don’t know how else these things will be paid for … I would be happy if the tax money we pay could be reallocated for more positive things…

@Carla – I’m so tired today that I was wishing I lived on the West Coast. We didn’t get the victory speech until midnight, which was 9 your time. Even after that was over people were partying outside until about 1am. It was amazing to me to witness such excitement over a presidential election.

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None of the above… the U.S. is not in a good place and I need to see real changes before I get excited. It’s going to take time.

Also, I do worry about higher taxes. We already pay a lot here in California.

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