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On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected President of the United States, sparking many celebrations in the United States and around the world. He gained almost 53% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes.Obama won a decisive victory over McCain, winning the Electoral College and the popular vote by a sizable margin, including states that had not voted for the Democratic presidential candidate since 1976 (North Carolina) and 1964 (Indiana and Virginia).
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my personal opinion. Peeps thought that he was 100% black so that was exciting even know his name is Barck Hussein Obama which is Muslim and even know googlesays he was from Hawii Hussein is still muslim which is awkward