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# Barack Obama will be the next President
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/barack-obama-will-be-the-next-president/
- Published: 2008-11-05T03:11:52.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:42:10.000Z
- Author: Thomas Ash
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:49

The networks are calling crucial state after crucial state for Obama, and [Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com](http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/obama-to-become-next-president.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) has just called the whole race. Upsets can always happen, but I think we can rely on his judgement. There will be more on this historic result tomorrow at openUSA.