The votes are in, and Barack Obama has been named
President-elect of the United States.
As the first African-American elected to the presidency, in
the midst of wars abroad in Iraq and Afghanistan
and a global economic crisis, this is no doubt an historic event for our
country–and the world.
You know how you reacted; now find out how others around the globe are responding to the news.

Image: Barack Obama tours his ancestral
homeland in Kenya, with his grandmother, Sarah Obama, in August 2006.
1. The Huffington
Post features excerpts from stories in England, Israel, Australia, and Kenya. Obama’s father, also Barak Hussein Obama, hailed from Nyangoma-Kogelo, Kenya. Did you know that there is a
high school and a beer named after this town’s favorite son-of-son? The honors
were bestowed on Barak Jr. even before he ran for president!
Another featured excerpt from The Australian highlights the significance of Obama’s victory for
the international community:
“The American people chose Obama yet most of the world also
wanted Obama – that invests his Presidency with a potential authority unknown
in history and an opportunity to touch not just Americans but people around the
world.”
2. CNN News includes an even wider selection,
geographically speaking, of media coverage from journalists in Asia, Russia, and
throughout the Arab world.
3.Finally, you can always count on the BBC (British
Broadcasting Corporation) to provide balanced perspective on all sides of an
issue. See how readers from all corners of the globe responded to the question “How will an Obama presidency affect your
life?”
Continue reading “2008 Presidential Election Results: International Edition”
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