Barack Obama elected 44th President of the United States

The CNN announced that Democrat Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States. According to CNN, Obama has a lead of 297-139 over Republican John McCain with 102 more votes still to be counted. Obama’s associate Democrat Joe Biden has been elected Vice President of the United States.

Obama became the first African-American President of the United States. The latest results came from Virginia, Florida, Colorado and California, which gave a thumbs up to Barack Obama. He also won in Ohio and New Mexico. Republican John McCain called up Barack Obama to concede defeat. Latest reports suggest that Obama now leads 338-155 over McCain.

As the results of US Presidential elections results began rolling out, Democrat Barack Obama maintained a comprehensive lead over Republican John McCain. Out of 538 electorate, Obama has won 220 while McCain has won 135 so far. Results from 35 out of 50 states are available at the moment. Obama has won 20 states, while McCain has won 15 states. Counting is on progress in 16 remaining states.

According to the current trend, Barack Obama is projected to win 300 – 325 electorate votes out of 538. He needs the magic number 270 to become the first non-white President of the United States, which seems a strong possibility now.

Barack Obama has won in Ohio, Iowa, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Vermont, Massachussets, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Maine, Illiois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Virginia and District of Columbia. John McCain has won 15 states – Utah, Kansas,Arkansas, Texas, Mississipi, Kentucky, Oklahama, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wyoming, North Dakota and West Virginia.

The American History suggests that nobody was elected President without winning Ohio and Barack Obama has set the record straight by claiming victory there. Ohio and New Mexico turned Democrats for the first time. According to current projections, Obama controls 51% of votes, while McCain controls 48% of votes. Around 33,277,281 voters have supported Obama, while 31,574,716 voters have supported McCain as of now. There is little doubt that America is bracing for a change and Barack Obama will become the new President.

 

Obama wins in Dixville Notch, Hart’s Location

Democrat Barack Obama emerged victorious in the first 2008 US Presidential elections results. He won 15 out of 21 votes in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. His opponent John McCain won only six votes. A full 100 per cent of registered voters in Dixville Notch cast their ballots.

Obama won 17 votes in Hart’s Location as compared to 10 won by John McCain. Ron Paul won two votes there. The voting was held in Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location just after midnight and results came shortly after the voting process was over. In total, 115 people cast their ballots in both towns.