The result will answer some questions that have lingered since mr. obama 's historic 2008 victory .
选举结果将为2008年奥巴马获得历史性的胜利以来一些萦绕不去的问题提供答案。
Those of us lucky enough to get in strolled through hip-high goldenrod and lingered to look at graffiti , as people outside the chain-link fence gazed in at us wistfully .
