What do you think of the results of the election?
Alec Bofetiado
(junior, medical laboratory sciences)
I'm trying to think positively about the future. As they say, innocent until proven guilty, so hopefully Biden in office will turn out well. Hopefully he will fix the state of the country, especially while this pandemic is happening. The Trump administration didn’t handle the Coronavirus well, and I would like to have physical school, rather than going online, and hopefully the restrictions will go away and things can go back to normal. For example, I wanted to go to Jollibee to eat when dropping off people, but Jollibee is closed because of the spike in cases.
Angelina Malcolm
(junior, international business)
Honestly, I have no interest in politics, however, I am thankful that Trump will officially be out of office come January. I think it is amazing that we have the first black south Asian woman as vice president, for that gives especially women of color hope that there will be change.
Julianne Magakat
(junior, medical laboratory sciences)
I believe that it is a good thing that Donald Trump was voted out of office, if not because he’s bad but because we need change and we won’t see that unless we have someone new. It is very frustrating and disappointing that he keeps trying to fight the results because he is essentially undermining the whole system and the democracy that our country was built on and stands for. I will be relieved when he is out.
Gloria Oh
(sophomore, biology)
I think it was a meaningful result, not just as a country, but morally too. Trump was always trying to create scenes by saying things that seemed really...extraordinary, while Biden was more like a candidate that was considered “boring” because he kept his place. It kinda shows who really becomes the real winner at the end. Even if choosing the good side might seem like a losing side or maybe boring, it’s going to win at the end.
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