Nov. 11, 2020 Campus Voices | Media | Satire | Elections | Campus Police | COVID Testing | Spring Break
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
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e elected President of the United States of America. We asked Mustangs on campus to tell us their thoughts on the outcome
CORBYN SCOBEE, ART SOPHOMORE
“It was very terrifying. I had to try to tell myself I didn’t care. It sounds so overdramatic but if Trump was elected again I was literally scared for my life. Like, there are so many parts of my life where I’m a minority of something, that it was like, he’s going to f--- something up if he’s allowed to stay. I cried at work when I was told Biden won. I’m kinda excited to see how the next four years go. I’m more excited to see what he does the first few months about COVID stuff, seeing if we get put in another lockdown, if he’s gonna force us, stuff like that.”
QUEEN DARK, BUSINESS FRESHMAN
“Overall I’m excited for the change of pace. Neither of the candidates, I feel, were truly qualified for the position; although I am happy we have the lesser of two evils. So pretty neutral for the most part. If it was my way, I’d have Kamala Harris be the president instead of vice president.”
JO PARKER, ENGLISH SOPHOMORE
“I feel like the next four years are going to be rough simply because the country is so divided. Trump lead an army and not a nation and he wasn’t president for all of us, just the ones he knew would try and re-elect him. I believe Biden is going to make some changes that will scare people, because progress is always scary, but overall I feel hopeful for the first time in four years. I feel incredibly relieved that my country voted for a man who is promising growth.” “ This election was huge, and everyone could see that. No matter what side they were on, which lead to the biggest voter turnout in history. Both Trump and Biden set records. Overall I feel like the people voted for a man who wants to put this country on the right track, and that gives me a lot of hope.”
JAMILAH KANGUDJA, A GRADUATE STUDENT OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND PRESIDENT OF THE BLACK STUDENT UNION
“ With the different ism’s and Xenophobia [Trump expressed], I just think it’s interesting that people rallied behind [Trump] and supported him with those different things that he outwardly expressed. I hope that during [Biden’s] term he makes a lot of progress in regards to what the United States of America wants, what the majority of people would want and what would benefit us in the long run. I hope that he really does put us in a better situation. Hopefully he gets a handle on COVID.”
LUIS SERNA-MARTINEZ, POLITICAL SCIENCE JUNIOR AND PRESIDENT OF MSU TEXAS DEMOCRATS
“Right when the news broke, we started messaging in our groupchat and everyone was basically celebrating, and there seemed to be a lot of hopefulness. I believe [Trump] moved our country backwards.... While I know all the problems in this country are not going to be fixed, I feel the Biden will take steps into the right direction and turn us away from the direction that this country is headed. Myself and other Democrats are hopeful that Biden will begin to repair some of the damage that had been done and begin to push for a more progressive agenda, while reaching out and trying to work with Republicans who are willing to compromise and move our country forward.”
AUNJELLE IRLBECK, HISTORY JUNIOR AND CHAIRWOMAN OF YOUNG CONSERVATIVES OF TEXAS AT MSU TEXAS
“ We have to remember in the process of electing a president, all of the states have to individually certify who won their state, and that usually takes place in through the rest of November into the beginning of December. Technically speaking, the media may have projected Joe Biden as the president-elect, but since the states have not certified it yet, that is not quite the case. Overall I think there is definitely a net positive [for Trump’s term]: the economy was looking really, really good there, a lot of people were getting off of government assistance and were able to support themselves and Trump was working on price transparency, which is incredibly important. I would hope that on certain issues Biden would take it slower than what he’s wanting to take. Personally for myself, medical freedom is a really big issue. You have Joe Biden talking about mandating masks nationwide and there are talks about mandating vaccines. I’m not a big fan of mandates for anything like that.”
