Change+in+America

The Election of 2008 changed the face of America forever. For starts, two of the biggest democratic candidates were either black or a woman. This would mean that if i democrat were elected (which happened) it would be either the first woman president or the first African American president. Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama fought hard through the Democratic preliminaries. At first, Hilary Clinton looked like she would be the Democratic choice to go through. She was smart, strong-willed, and had the experience. However, Barack Obama, having only been senator of Illinois for 3 years, found a way to come back and win the Democratic preliminaries, moving on to face Republican candidate John.

McCain put up a fight, but Obama pulled to become our first African American president. Over 125,000 people came to Chicago to listen to Obama's first speech as president-elect. Obama made history, proving America truly is home of the free, and anything is possible. Through the words of President Obama himself; "If there is anyone out there who doubts that America is a place where anything is possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer."

Obama's election sparked great change in America. According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, black's optimism has skyrocketed more over the past two years than any other time in the past twenty five years. In a survey, 39% said black's are better now than five years ago, as opposed to only 20% in 2007. That same poll also showed that 70% of whites and 60% of blacks have said that the two races have become more closely related in the past 10 years. 53% of African Americans now say that the future will have many improvements for blacks, and only 10% say that the future will be worse. This is an immense change; for three years ago 44% of African Americans said better, and a huge 21% said it would be worse. These statistics all point to the same result. African Americans are now more positive than they were before 2009, and the main cause is the election of President Obama.