2020 Election: Students’ reactions

How were you feeling between last Tuesday night, when polls closed, and last Saturday morning, when President-elect Joe Biden was declared the expected winner? “I was very stressed and worried. I kept checking the polls on my phone all the time to see who was in the lead”.

How do you feel about the future of our nation under the Biden-Harris Administration? “I think Biden will be a bit better than Trump but still not the greatest president. I think he will not change too much for minorities.”

Prior to election day, who did you think would win and why? “I thought Joe Biden was going to win, but then part of me also remembered how everyone thought Hillary would win in the last election, and then Trump won, so I had a deep pit in my stomach that he would win again.”

How do you feel about the future of our nation under the Biden-Harris administration? “I think that Joe Biden will be able to set us on a better path, but there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done, and the extremes of both parties need to figure out a way to work with each other because there is this psychology in our country that shuns compromise which undermines democracy and under...

How do you feel about the future of our nation under the Biden-Harris administration? “I think that we are creating a good path to becoming more aware. It's good that Biden won but also we really need to be focused on issues. We can't expect him to fix everything without consistent support.”

How do you feel about the future of our nation under the Biden-Harris administration? “I’m optimistic but I’m not expecting radical change or to see the change I would like to see in the country because he is considered, in my opinion, a moderate.”

Prior to election day, who did you think would win and why? “I thought Biden was gonna win based on social media in general; every influencer I saw was saying that Biden would win.”

How were you feeling between last Tuesday night, when polls closed, and last Saturday morning, when President-elect Joe Biden was declared the expected winner? “I felt like there was a lot of suspense leading up to when the winner was declared because everything was so close during this election.” 

How were you feeling between last Tuesday night, when polls closed, and last Saturday morning, when President-elect Joe Biden was declared the expected winner? “I was in an anticipation mode. I didn’t know how to feel while just waiting for the results.

How were you feeling between last Tuesday night, when polls closed, and last Saturday morning, when President-elect Joe Biden was declared the expected winner? “I definitely felt anxious between Tuesday and Saturday, and I felt it was hard to escape the anxiety because everywhere you turned people were talking about the election.”

Prior to election day, who did you think would win and why? “I thought Biden was going to win because a lot of Gen-Z was going to be voting and I know Gen-Z is more slanted towards Biden.”

How were you feeling between last Tuesday night, when polls closed, and last Saturday morning, when President-elect Joe Biden was declared the expected winner? “I felt really nervous on Tuesday because Trump doesn’t really know what he’s doing as president and the margin was too small.”

Prior to election day, who did you think would win and why? “I thought Joe Biden would win because of polls, but I definitely had a feeling Trump would win just because it seemed like if he could win in 2016 he could win again.”

How were you feeling between last Tuesday night, when polls closed, and last Saturday morning, when President-elect Joe Biden was declared the expected winner? “I felt good. I had trust in the process, but I definitely wanted the results faster. I understand why it took long, but it was difficult to wait for so long.”