Students report despondency, shock following election red wave

November 07, 2024 1 min read

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Hayk Yengibaryan and Justus Wilhoit
Daily Princetonian

Excerpt: In the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 6, former President Donald Trump officially defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to become the 47th president of the United States. With Harris’s defeat, Princeton students are questioning where this leaves them and the future of America.

Despite a significant majority of Princetonians supporting Harris, the rest of the country experienced an overwhelming red shift. In a New York Times analysis, more than 90 percent of counties with complete voting results shifted toward the former president, indicating a trend of strengthened support for Trump in 2024 compared to 2020.

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Marta Richards
Marta Richards

November 08, 2024

I am looking at the bright side of this report. It appears that the University did not cancel classes or provide hot cocoa and Lego building sets so that students could be coddled into the concept that life doesn’t always mimic the outcome the echo chamber of the University community holds as the Way. Thank heavens for small mercies.

Jeff McCollum
Jeff McCollum

November 08, 2024

If only Alphaeus T Mason were still there teaching the Constitution. There is a resilience designed into our system that provides comfort in times like these.

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