WASHINGTON - Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president Tuesday night in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.
The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hardfought battleground states - Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Iowa.
A huge crowd thronged Grant Park in Chicago to cheer his improbable triumph and await his first public speech as president-elect
８年間続くブッシュ共和党政権後の米国の招来を占う大統領選が４日投開票され、民主党のバラク・オバマ大統領候補が圧倒的多数で歴史的な勝利を決めた。４７歳になる上院議員のオバマ氏の当選で、米史上初の黒人大統領の誕生となる。
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