Reactions to November 4

Election day was something new and exciting for me. It was the first election that I was involved in and the first election was able to vote so watching television that night was not just exiting it was powerful because I truely felt that I was a part of what was happening. When they announced that Obama won, there was an overwhelming sense of relief and a lot of emotion for me. Before the election I didn't really know how much of an impact it was going to have on me personally but once I saw eveyone around the world celebrating this election, like the people in Kenya, Australia, France, and England I knew the whole world was watching. It made me proud to be an American because I felt that this was democracy at its finest. We showed the world the power of a democracy. We didn't vote Obama because of the color of his skin, we voted because we thought he would be the best President for our struggling nation, but the fact that we could overcome the long battle of racism and sexism, to not only elect a black president but also have no women on the ballots was quite an accomplishment.