If the mock election on Baker University’s campus last week was any indication of what was to come in the presidential election on Tuesday, it was that the two elections would yield the same results, as President Barack Obama was re-elected for his second term in office Tuesday.
People across the nation tuned in to their televisions and computers to track the progress of the election Tuesday night. Baker students were no different, as social media and cafeteria conversations showed that they were just as interested and involved as the rest of the country.
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As the results of the mock election showed, the majority of Baker students are in support of President Obama and are glad to see him return for another four years.
“I was really excited,” sophomore Tyler Sloan said. “I was wanting Obama to win, that’s who I voted for. I was really excited and I want to see what he can do with another four years.”
Sophomore Matt Jenkins said that although he voted in favor of Mitt Romney, he believes he and the rest of the Romney supporters should “be respectful” of the other parties’ beliefs.
“I voted for Romney, but in the back of my mind I knew that Obama was going to win, because more people in America obviously want him so people in America are going to have to deal with it,” Jenkins said. “I’m not disappointed, though. I feel like both of them were equally mediocre.”
Throughout the election Tuesday night and especially after the results were made final, a number of people turned to social media outlets to post their opinion on the results.
“It’s ridiculous,” Jenkins said. “I mean everybody has a personal opinion, everybody has a right to speak their mind, but the bashing doesn’t need to go on.”
Senior Megan Vail said she even noticed tweets being shown on television stations.
“One of them actually … tweeted some of the people that they were showing on the Twitter feed that they needed to watch their language because they were gong to show that on TV,” Vail said.
Even those who didn’t follow the election campaigns have an opinion on the results and how people should deal with them.
“I think that there are people that are upset and they need to kind of deal with it,” freshman Jacob Lewis said, “and then there are people that are happy.”
Although most of the political talk may be over, students aren’t forgetting what they want to see from this election.
“I’m excited to see what takes place and what actually is accomplished,” sophomore Jerome Washington said.
