History
Posted in Civic Duties, Civic Involvement, Elections, General Chatter, Opinion on Nov 5th, 2008 by bryan
History was made this week. Barack Obama’s metoric rise to the Presidency has already been compared to Kennedy’s election 48 years ago. Much like Kennedy, Obama’s youth and message of hope resonated with voters between the ages of 18-25. Obama is also the first Senator elected to our nation’s highest office since Kennedy was elected in 1960.
Student participants in our online poll chose the Illinois Senator as well. With a greater margin than their parents, students chose Obama 57-43. Students in our mock election mirrored their adult counterparts in all the statewide issues. Students defeated the constitutional amendment allowing a casino here in Ohio by a great margin as their parents and other voters did. The students in Dayton City schools passed their levy by a huge margin as well.
Thank you to all the students that participated in this historic election.
I leave you with this quote from President Bush’s 2004 victory speech:
“We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. And when we come together and work together, there is no limit to the greatness of America.”
From Obama’s victory speech last night:
…tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals — democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
Both men understand that America is great. America is greater than the individual statesman. That there is no power greater than that of democracy.