Recap of Election 2008

This past election is one of the most important and influential elections in American History. Two key concepts to look at deal with the Youth Vote and how the United States is viewed on the global scene.

First off, the number of people who voted in this past election came out in record numbers, especially the youth voters.  Over 6.5 million young voters came out to the polls this year. This was a 103% increase from the 2004 presidential election. This had a major impact on the results. Nearly two out of every three young voters sided with Obama this election. What I believe was a major reason for this is that he promised Change. In our world today, we do need a lot of it. Now whether President Elect Obama can follow through with this is yet to be determined. 

The second thing I found interesting was the impact this election had around the world. All over, people were tuned in, trying to find out whom our next leader would be. And for Kenya it meant a little more. The day after Obama was elected, they had a "National Holiday", per say. All businesses were shut down. The reason for this was Obama's dad came from Kenya. Other impacts were the viewpoints of other countries, and whom they wished to have in office. What I came to realize was that Global superpowers felt it was time for change. Except for China because republicans have taken a lighter stance on trading. Most of Europe came to a liberal consensus meaning they thought it would be good to see either a Woman or African-American in office.

here is a clip of how they were trying to get the youth out to vote. Many commercials just like this were made, and guess what, they worked. Rock the Vote