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Party The Democrats - they're a bit like America's version of the Labour Party Age 47 Family Married to Michelle, with two daughters Fave song Ready Or Not by The Fugees Background He is the first black candidate to become the presidential candidate of either major American party. His mum's American, his dad is African and he was born on one of the American islands of Hawaii. He also lived in Indonesia, in south east Asia, for a while as a child. After studying law at one of the country's top universities, he worked as a lawyer for people's rights before getting into politics. Climate change He wants America to lead the way in the global effort to tackle climate change, including slashing America's greenhouse gas emissions by a whopping 80% by the year 2050. He also says he will invest a staggering $150billion (about £100 billion) over 10 years in clean energy. War in Iraq Obama was against the war in Iraq and if he wins he says he'll pull out all the Americ

WASHINGTON: Democrat Barack Obama wrote his name indelibly into the pages of American history on Tuesday, engineering a social and political upheaval to become the country's first black president-elect in a runaway victory over Republican John McCain. The 72-year-old Arizona senator quickly called his opponent to concede defeat and congratulate his rival in the longest and most costly presidential campaign in American history. McCain spoke graciously at an outdoor rally in Arizona, commending Obama on his victory and emphasizing that he understood its special importance to African-Americans. ``The American people have spoken, and spoken clearly,'' McCain told disappointed supporters in Arizona, many who booed and growled as he called for the nation to unify behind the victor and his running mate, Joe Biden. The 47-year-old Illinois senator, son of a white mother from Kansas and an African father from Kenya, mined a deep vein of national discontent, promising Americans hope