By Mike Augustus | Observer Contributor
Mark Ramos, 32, has now voted in four presidential elections. This time was the most embarrassing election that he has voted in. “Bitter sweet” are the words Ramos used to describe the election results.
Ramos did not vote for Trump or Clinton, but decided to vote for Jill Stein. What she offered during her election run was more appealing to Ramos than what Trump or Clinton offered. It was a bitter sweet election for Ramos because he did not want Clinton in office, but kind of wanted Trump to win. However, once Trump won he didn’t get a good feeling for what the next four years will bring.
Ramos could not vote for either of the main candidates because he noticed that the candidates were always going at each other’s throat during the live debates, trying to one up each other. “To me, those are not presidential qualities, so I voted for the third party,” Ramos explained.
Majoring in the field of Communication allowed Ramos to notice the impact social media had on this election. From the get go, Ramos was able to see that people were very divided on who they wanted to be the next President. He saw that even the news stations were much divided as well.
“People need to give this man a chance; he hasn’t even taken office yet,” Ramos said when asked about the protests happening across the country. “We need to come together in this time of difference and learn from everyone.”
By Kelly Cacciolfi | Observer Contributor
Robyn Nix is doing fine a few days after the election, however, she was surprised who won. Nix didn’t follow too much of the process but she did vote. There hasn’t been any problems with her friends as some were shocked while others very excited.
Rebecca Gilbert said “her group of friends mostly wanted Trump to win and have a rule if you didn’t vote, you do not get a say.” Gilbert didn’t follow much of the process of this election season, however, she did vote. Gilbert said she was “surprised that Trump swung Florida and swept most of the Midwest.” She also felt that the emails were released at the perfect time, making that information about Clinton put questions in some of the voters mind.
By Scott Mellecker | Observer Contributor
Chynna Figueroa, like many others, sees the next few years as a deterioration of the United States. But Chynna doesn’t view how this will happen as many others see it. “Our country will slowly deteriorate, but it won’t be because of Trump, it will be from the people’s reaction to it,” said Chynna.
Although she is not entirely in favor of the outcome, she feels that the media did a poor job with this election. Chynna stated, “Trump has not been perfect, but I believe the election was rigged to make Trump look like an ass. The media did a poor job with this election, and I think it has escalated many feelings.”
Chynna was also not in favor of the protesting, “By protesting, you are making the opposing side look stronger.” She talked how peaceful protesting is okay, but the vulgarity of these protests are getting out of hand.
When asked about what she sees the next four years will be like, she said, “I think the racist, sexist people are going to start coming out. The country will slowly divide until there is mass chaos. I almost see it turning into Nazi Germany, where people are going to be put in chains and gassed.”
By Tyler Morgan | Observer Contributor
Students are confused as to how Trump even made it this far and are scared to see what is going to happen. Tim Sullivan said, “Walking out of the poll, [I thought] this guy is going to win, I did my part but this guy is going to win.”
At one point Trump was down and Clinton was up, which gave many anti-Trump supporter’s hope, but when he won, that’s when most went into shock. Trevor Cumberbatch said, “I was just glued to my screen thinking to myself, there is just no way he’s going to win and after he won Florida, I just said well, that’s it, it’s over.” When the students were asked what they thought was going to happen, they simply responded with, we don’t know and that’s the scary part.
By Nicholas Cherico | Observer Contributor
“Angry” was the first thing that came out of Theresa Moreno’s mouth when asked about the new president. She feels that Trump is “just power hungry, and it hurts” but she is “trying to accept it because he is who our country voted for.”
Taylor Atkinson was also upset with the results. She said “the first thing I did when I found out was cry for our country.” She also feels that everything that our LGBTQ community has worked towards in this country is going to be gone.
Mikayla Deltoro said that it is “really ****ed up” and while she was not for Trump or Clinton to become President, she felt that Trump was by far the worst option. She also stated that she feels that “he bought his way through the election”. While she was obviously very upset, she did have a bit of positive light to shed and that was “maybe this could be good because it could bring us all together and help America fight against him.”
By Joshua Needham | Observer Contributor
Days after the election for President of the United States has come to a close, MWCC students are still showing their concerns for the future. The general feeling wasn’t centered around whether or not the election was rigged or fair, but rather about concerns for human rights and our generation’s part in building the future.
“I think people are upset with politicians,” said Jason Greenough, an editor for The Mount Observer. Greenough expressed that he’s not happy with the election results, but doesn’t feel that there was any foul play. He believes that this new administration will cause the American people to have to fight for their rights again, something he doesn’t feel they should have to do, but something he believes could be good for the people as a whole.
Chris Ouellet, another student attending MWCC, expressed that he wasn’t happy with the election results. He spoke of rumors about protests in Boston and Washington, DC, as well as a Facebook rumor that Trump had died of a heart attack. Ouellet feels he will be alright during the following four years and doesn’t plan to pay any more attention to politics than he does now.
By Santiago Ferreira Vila | Observer Contributor
Besides fear and loathing towards president-elect Donald Trump, many Mount Wachusett students share their opinions on the broken election system that practically chooses the fate of the country. “It’s an old broken system,” said student Aiden Horrigan, towards the Electoral College system that the U.S. has been using for years. Hillary Clinton has won the popular votes in the states yet Trump was still given the victory.
“I think the popular vote should be the one counted,” said MWCC student Eddie Vargas. Even though such a candidate like Trump has won the power ball position, some students look optimistically. “I was surprised by the turnout but I look forward to the future” says Horrigan.
By Bryon Harris | Observer Contributor
MWCC student Aaron Kenney said, “I didn’t think he [Trump] even had a chance,” which is how it seemed many felt going into this election.
Kenney was still in disbelief that something like this could happen in our country. There was an overwhelming feeling of dread that swept over not just Kenney, but what seemed to be a large number of the student body. In the next four years, Kenney is worried that there will be a lot of regression happening, especially in LGBTQ rights.
On top of these feelings, there seems to be some level of frustration about how some people used their vote. More specifically, Kenney was upset about the amount of voters who wasted their power as citizens voting for Harambe, the dead gorilla.
By Mariah Boisvert | Observer Contributor
Jay Pereira’s reaction to the election is that she is terrified for the country, especially for the LGBTQ community. Being a male to female transgender, queer, and a minority, and with a conservative President, House of Representatives, and Supreme Court, she is afraid of the right of her and her community being denied. She explains how the LGBTQ community is terrified and that in just the two days since the election, suicides among them have already been rising.
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