Yerba Buena Center celebrated more than the arts yesterday, when hundreds of Obama supporters flooded the building with joy and tears after America’s 44th president was announced.

Supporters from around the world were elated when Barack Obama took more than 70 percent of the nation’s electoral votes, winning the election by a landslide. They said they were hoping for a positive change.

“I’m amazed and I feel happy,” said Astrid Junesjo, 58, a social worker from Sweden. “All the reaction in the streets—it’s so nice to see it.”

“It means that a change is going to come, and it’s time,” said Magi, an artist from New Orleans. It shows the world that America still is great.”

Seven historically red states were transformed to blue in support of Obama. Among those states were Ohio, New Mexico, Iowa, Florida, Indiana, and Montana.

“It means that there is a wave of positivity and consciousness that is traveling over the nation right now,” Rana Satori, 33 said. “There is a wave of separation, and I’m hoping that we can come together under the thing that we really believe in, which is love and happiness.”