That was 55 electoral votes in California ensure that Obama crossed the magic line of 270 senators needed to win elections. Shortly thereafter, John McCain acknowledged its defeat.

Nobody doubted that California will vote Democratic. So long before the forecast was broadcast at 11 pm on Tuesday night (5am Norwegian time), U.S. Afro-Americans had begun to celebrate victory in bars and churches, streets and private homes across the country.

Hope broke

John McCain of hope for victory was broken early in the evening when Obama was assured victory in the two leading states, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

When later became clear that Obama was also awarded a former ARCH-conservative state of Virginia, and the ever-controversial Florida, was already clear that he will win.

The chairman of Democrats Abroad in Norway, Olee Olsen, Barack Obama believes that victory will improve the U.S. position internationally.

“He has shown good decision and has a unique ability to inspire. When he won in Pennsylvania, I was sure would win the election,” said Olsen to NTB.

Olsen leader of Republicans abroad, Ken Burton, took victories in a good mood.

“We were unable to get the Latin-American voters. Obama was far better at using the Internet, but there is a new election in four years,” said Burton.

Pivotal States

Pennsylvania and Ohio were two large pivotal States, with white, working-class votes that McCain had hoped to procure from Obama. In recent elections of Democrats winning the first two, but Bush secured by winning the Ohio election.

Large Pennsylvania, with 21 senators was the only democratic country McCain aimed at winning to gauge for the loss of many republican states where Obama has a lead in public opinion in the autumn.

He met all over the State in recent weeks, but instead McCain as a Democrat from Pennsylvania, it was Obama, who took Ohio by Republicans.

Financial crisis

The two countries were won by Hillary Clinton in the primaries and polls and interviews show that Obama has never had a lot of voters in his hand there until the financial crisis completely root and be challenged very clear his skepticism to vote for black candidate.

When the results of California became known, Obama had won in 23 states, while McCain had 18, according to projections by the news desk, and Reuters television. BBC gave Obama 33 electoral votes and McCain, 145.

Obama did not lose any of the countries that John Kerry won four years ago and won in addition New Mexico, Iowa, Virginia and Ohio, which George W. Bush won.

Did not need them

Obama has not already, but was also doing well in the important pivotal State of North Carolina, Indiana and Florida, although television channels have not yet dare to predicts the outcome in those states where Republicans had won in all elections over the past decade .

But CNN showed how Obama won or was much better than Kerry in many regions in the traditionally conservative republican Indiana. McCain is still in the lead, but that was to come as a result of the area where Kerry had won.

Extension in Senate

He looked as though the Democrats will expand their majority in the Senate, I will not reach its target to increase the number of Senators from 51 to 60, which could ensure that minorities are unable to stop the proposed law.

In the Democrats secured five new senators in Virginia, North Carolina, New Mexico, Colorado and New Hampshire, and strive to win more. However, they did not succeed in removing the minority-leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Senator, Saxby Chambliss in Georgia, as they had hope.

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