Last night, Barack Obama became the first African American president-elect in United States history. And he did so by a fairly wide margin in comparison with the last two elections.
He won the popular vote by a fairly significant margin, 52% to 46% over John McCain nationwide, and he won almost every single battleground state.
The only battleground states he lost were Georgia, Montana, and West Virginia (if you can even call those states battlegrounds). McCain also appears on his way to winning Missouri, but it is very close and not quite all of the votes have been counted.
Obama won Nevada, New Mexico, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire by more than 10 points. He won Iowa by 9, Colorado by 8 and Virginia by 6 . And he squeaked by in Indiana, Ohio, Florida, and probably North Carolina (has not been officially called yet for Obama, but he holds a lead there).
I'll be honest, it is a bit hard to write today as I'm feeling a bizarre mix of emotions. But don't worry, I'll be back with the full and final results in the next few days as well as several post-mortem posts on why Obama won and exit poll analysis and the like.
I'm just glad they called the election relatively early last night and there were no legal debacles as there were in the last two elections. I really can't tell you how relieved I am about that.
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