Do you remember where were you when President Obama was elected?

[itsrobert]

I was right here on DU.

[Sannum]

1. Grant Park, Chicago.

Most exhilarating experience of my life.

[tallahasseedem]

2. I was flipping between MSNBC and The Daily Show....

I cried my butt off when Jon announced it.

[elocs]

3. yes

[Lancer]

4. At home, but THIS is the President Obama I voted for that day. n/t

[femmocrat]

5. Online with my cyber pals.

Such an exciting time... we laughed, we cried... :hug:

[cherokeeprogressive]

6. At my favorite dive bar Chad's here in Big Bear Lake.

[CherokeeDem]

7. Voted then left on a business trip....

was sitting in a hotel room, with room service, the TV on and my laptop in my lap...right here on DU...what an amazing night...

[Lint Head]

8. Right here.

[LibDemAlways]

9. My phone rang, and it was a friend I hadn't seen or heard from since 2004.

She knew how much I despised Bush and was sure I was elated. More like cautiously optimistic, but it was good hearing from her and we've since reconnected.

[BrklynLiberal]

10. Iw as also right here on DU..watching intently as each state's votes were tallied.

[derby378]

11. At home, watching Ginny sleep while Chicago celebrated on our TV

Just got finished with my first stint as an election judge, too.

[tabbycat31]

12. a hotel in PA

It was bittersweet because the congressman that we did GOTV for that day lost this fall.

[wickerwoman]

13. I was in a pub in Auckland

and when I went outside there was a double rainbow and I thought "It can only get better from here."

Also, as I was walking home all these fireworks were going off and I said to myself "Wow, the whole world is celebrating." Found out later it was Guy Fawkes night (whoops) but the impression stuck with me.

[ecstatic]

14. I was in bed watching CNN.

With an ex. lol

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. Still under my school desk waiting for the Cuban missle crisis to end.

The teacher never gave the all clear.

[robinlynne]

16. hell yes. doing election proteciton with a group of volunteers.

[tinrobot]

17. Sitting with my kids

We hugged. It was a good night.

[Liberal_in_LA]

18. yes. on and off the computer.

[cbdo2007]

19. on vacation in Florida

[salin]

20. I remember the moment I knew when he won...

the numbers weren't there yet. But it was clear.

I was in a hospital room visiting a critically ill teen. News was on - and my red state (east coast time) had already been called for Obama - the state hadn't gone blue in a presidential election in more than 40 years.

During that visit, learned of a very positive prognosis for the patient. The two events will be intertwined in my memory.

[LynneSin]

21. I was an Irish Pub for the Philly Dems who worked all day getting the vote out

Although after we won Pennsylvania an hour earlier I knew he would win.

[prolesunited]

22. Grant Park

It was epic.

[w8liftinglady]

23. i was at work..stayed in a patient's room after shift change...

we watched the results together(we are few and far between here).
the first African-American doctor hired by my hospital watched with us.
We all cried tears of joy.
It was beautiful...

[MH1]

24. I was at the polls as an election worker all day.

[mopinko]

25. me too.

hubby screwed up the hand off of my grant park tickets, so i didn't get to go. by the time i got out of the transfer station he had been declared the winner. i drove through downtown, tho, and around the city. it was sorta surreal. smiling happy people taking over the downtown streets.
i did get to go to the inauguration tho, because i was about as mad as i had ever been at dh. he knew it was the only way out.

[Dappleganger]

26. Yes, in my bedroom surrounded by our children while we watched

him in Grant Park together, making history.

[blueamy66]

27. Yep

Sitting with my Indian co-workers at a Mexican bar here in AZ...rooting him on.....

[nc4bo]

28. Just finished shuttling folks back and forth from a polling place outside my

usual area. It was a rainy sloppy day and I was wet, tired and walked in the door to find hubby screaming at me that they called the election for Obama.

One day I'll never forget.

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. At home and of course DU

[Raine]

30. At home in Los Angeles on DU with TV on. nt

[brooklynite]

31. I was trying to get my balloon drop to work (really!)

[kimi]

32. Online, in a chat room

It was one of the most unifying experiences of my life. I don't get along with all the people I was online with that night, but I think we're all still the same hopeful folks that we were then.

[madamesilverspurs]

33. In a room with about 300 Democrats,

all of us watching TV monitors. When the numbers rolled putting Obama over the top, the place erupted. Crying, laughing, cheering, dancing -- we spilled out into the street and cars were driving up and down the streets honking and waving. Still one of the best days of my life.

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[riverwalker]

34. DU and drinking champaigne n/t

[dulurkernomore]

35. Yes, I do....

I was a poll watcher but due to the turnout at the precinct I was assigned to, I was sworn in as a Election Worker. It was a crazy long day. Afterward, went and hung out at the County Democratic party Headquarters to watch the returns. When he was announced as the winner, I began hugging and kissing people I didn't know, Black folks, White folks, Gay and Straight all of us delirious with what we had just accomplished. I remember driving home honking my horn through the downtown with many others doing the same. We rolled our windows down and spread the love. It was a night that I will never forget. Total hope for the future of our country.

[morningglory]

36. Blubbering like a baby when they called Pennsylvania and Ohio

on the phone with my labor organizer brother.