In a stunning turn of events, Senator Barack Obama has sealed election victory in one of the most hotly  contested areas of the Milky Way, the Beta Quadrant.

A traditional Republican stronghold, the Beta Quadrant has seen one of the dramatic shifts in voter favour ever recorded. Analysts have attributed the swing to the democratic party’s promise of bringing cloaking device and disruptor manufacturing back to the Romulan homeworld. Increased diversity in the area, with the recent influx of immigrants from the Q continuum, has also been cited a major deciding factor in this dramatic result.