Politics & Government

Every Vote Counts: Prospect Heights Reacts to Obama Victory

At the Sheep Station, residents from Prospect Heights, Park Slope and beyond share their personal reasons to rejoice at the prospect of four more years.

With critical wins in Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvaina, President Barack Obama was projected the winner of the presidential race over Mitt Romney on Tuesday night.

At Sheep Station on Forth Avenue at Douglass Street, Obama supporters from Park Slope, Prospect Heights and across Brooklyn cheered and hugged as the election was called.

Every voter has a different reason for choosing whom to vote for. Scroll through our photo essay to see why voters from Prospect Heights and nearby were jubulent at the news.

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