Here is the number crunch of Barack Obama's historic election victory last week, according to CNN figures.Only Missouri is yet to declare a result, although McCain is likely to have just sneaked it.
Essentially the election was over when it was announced early on that Pennyslvania had gone Obama's way (55%-44%). Analysts immediately (and correctly) called the result and with news that Florida was turning bluer by the second, a Democrat win was beyond doubt. McCain very graciously conceded defeat soon after.
The figures show the Democrats gaining roughly 53% of the vote to the Republicans 46%.
As naive as it sounds, Obama's win has given the world a new hope that America can go some way to rescuing it's international relationship and even make some positive progress on the workd stage - certainly people will not be expecting any more ill-advised wars in the Middle-East. With huge majorities in the Senate and Congress, President-elect Obama will have at least two years to really push his policies before the next round of House elections in 2010/11.
Of course, the big story is the obvious one: A black man and his family will move in to the White House on the 20th January 2009. A true American redemption story has come to it's dramatic climax with racial barriers which can never be put back up smashed down. The hope is that the end of Bush-house Republica signals a new era in world politics with a potentially great leader at the helm.
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