Sacramento Votes

Voters turned out in record numbers this election year not only in Sacramento but the rest of the Nation as well. The abnormally large number of voters is likely do to the fact that this has been one of the most heated presidential races is recent history.

In one corner you have the extremely liberal Barack Obama. It is undesputed that he has the most charisma of the two candidates. His ticket to fame is that he is a minority: the first ever black presidential nominee.

His opponent: The Maverick... John McCain. He's the relatively conservative war hero. He was tortured for this country and his physical frailness can attest to that fact. He isn't the orator that Obama is but what he lacks in magnetism he says he makes up for i experience.

The U.S. economy is spiraling out of control and it is up to the winner of the election to try to rescue it. Both candidates had different views on how to do this.

The controversial Iraq War is still going on. To stay or not to stay is a question on the minds of Americans. One candidate says stay and the other says to leave.

The two nominees had very different views on almost every major issue and the American citizens came together on November 4th to decide who they trusted to make the right decisions.

Jordan Frazier, a 21-year-old Sacramento man said it was his first time voting in a presidential election. He was at the polls early Tuesday morning and said he voted for Obama. Frazier was open about why he voted for his candidate, "because he's black," he said. "It's not gonna be the white house now it's gonna be the black house."

Kayla Freitas, a local college student, said she didn't really like either of the candidates. It was her first time voting as well.

Brianna (who didn't give her last name) who works at ULTA on Howe avenue said that it was her first time actually going to the polls. "Yes on Prop two!" she cheered. She had sent in absentee ballots before but the poll was a new experience for her. "It wasn't as crowded as I thought it would be," she said as she proudly showed off her "I voted" sticker.

According to the Sacramento Bee, the nations oldest person (and voter as well) lives in Sacramento. He is a 112-year-old black man named George Rene Francis. The Bee reported that he only voted for president and left all the other spaces blank. His vote was for Obama. In a quote from the Bee he stated "I think he's great, because he's black! Because the white people thought a negro would never be promoted!"

The most important vote on that ballot to Francis was the vote for president. Many Americans see this election year as a turning point for America. If voter turnout is any indication of the importance of this election than this year is the most important election in a very long time.