Yesterday something very important happened. Around 11:18 PM, Barack Obama was re-elected president of the United States. Yet the very next day, I was staring at the TV, and the announcer pointed out that they still didn't know which candidate had gotten the most Florida votes. It's amazing how long an election can last, even though the president has already been chosen.
This is a quick summary of how I spent Election Day:
I climbed into my PJs and snacked on some almonds while watching the election on TV. I watched reporters count the votes, waiting for the new president to be announced. I finally went to bed thinking I'd find out who won in the morning. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I woke up at midnight and was informed that Obama had won. Even though most of the states had more Romney votes, the states that had more Obama votes were all the heavily populated ones: New York, California, etc. But there was Florida, jutting out of the Southeast corner of the U.S, yellow for "undecided".
Even though this election was announced late into the night, it was actually early compared to most presidential elections, which surprised me. But then again, millions of people live in the US. Who knows how long it took to count those votes?
That's it for this election, but I'll see you in another four years. However, what happens in the future is yet to come, so we'll save it for when it, someday, becomes the present.
