This election has been one of the largest elections in history with a huge turnout in both the youth and middle-age groups. Leading up to the election there was a lot of skepticism to which candidate would be the best choice to lead and be the president.

With Obama having 338 Electoral votes to McCain’s 156, this election was nearly a landslide. You can still see the voting polls at Cnn.com.

Two speeches were made tonight, one from McCain and one from Obama. McCain’s speech came before Obama’s and was, in my opinion, one of his strongest and best speeches that he has done in all of his campaigning this year. It was straight forward and supportive of Obama’s election despite the booing of his very own supporters. Here is a quote of what McCain said:

“Senator Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and his country…” and continued on to call Obama a “good man.” I do really think that this was an outstanding gesture to not only Obama, but to the McCain’s supporters. It hopefully gives them faith to support Obama through McCain’s support for him.

After McCain’s speech, Obama spoke at Grant Park in Chicago where he spoke a great and welcoming speech that included this:

“The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America–I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you–we as a people will get there.”

Congratulations to our new President, Barack Obama. We will all be supporting and awaiting the new changes to come.