Exit Polls: Obama excitement
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(CNN) - American voters - who elected Barack Obama president tonight - made their choice with a mixture of excitement and tempered optimism. Among the electorate as a whole, 30 percent indicated they would be excited if Obama won the election while 24 percent said they would be optimistic but not excited. Reflective of the election results, only 14 percent said they would be excited if McCain were elected and 32 percent optimistic.
Negative feelings and expectations are also held toward both candidates. Twenty-five percent reported they would be scared if Obama were elected and 20 percent concerned but not scared. With respect to McCain, 28 percent said they would be scared and 25 percent concerned.
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God Bless America! God Bless Obama! God Bless Us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excited about what? Some smooth-talking wannabe who has done nothing to deserve the White House except play a game of strategy. It should have been Hillary and would have been if not for our sexist country.
Congrats to Barack and Michelle Obama! I wish his beloved grandmother had lived to see this moment.
I am ecstatic!!!! Yay Obama/Biden!
52-48% popular vote, this guy is skating on thin , very thin, ice
Congrats to the new president!
Obama/Biden 08
Obama used a lot of money for his campaign. I wonder where he got it. Oh yeah my tax money!!!!!
I feel sick.
We're Screwed.
Obama 2008!!!!
I knew that!!!
CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful and historic night.
Can we now finally come together as one America again?
John McCain gave a great speech at a time when he lost an election. Bravo!
President Barack Obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S OVER!
HA!
CHICAGO CELEBRATES TONIGHT!
I hope that his election will serve as a turning point for elections to come; proving that ideas and hope will win over gutter politics that has plagued our past history.
Do me a favor CNN....
PLEASE GIVE TARA WALLS HER EXIT PAPERS. WE'VE HEARD ENOUGH FROM THIS LESS THAN INFORMED POLITICAL PUNDIT. SHE'S AS CLUELESS AS THE MOST UNINFORMED "TATER BRAIN"
Im so happy
I want to congratrate Obama. He will be the president that the world need
Congratulations America....
YES WE DID!
In one word....Amazing, simply amazing!
Everyone is represented!
America has spoken
Obama/Biden 08
No more nasty talk, no more evil blogs, lets get together and make it happen!!
Wooooooo!!!! Go Obama! I knew you could do it! Yes we can!
Obama/Biden 08'/12'
Not as thin as Bush, at least he won it fair and square!
Thank God. The level-headed one won.
An election about BIG things! None bigger than everyone now working together as 1 nation!!!