The atmosphere on campus shifted early Nov. 6 as news of Donald Trump’s return to the White House reached Americans.
“I feel like sh**,” said Valentina Moghaddam, a third-year criminal justice and psychology combined major, the morning after the election. “This is pretty terrible and I genuinely don’t know how somebody who got double impeached with all of those felony counts and everything could get elected again.”
The Associated Press called the race in the early morning hours of Nov. 6 after 10 electoral college votes from the key swing state of Wisconsin pushed Donald Trump over the 270 vote threshold. This election marks the first time since 2004 that a member of the Republican party won the popular vote for president. As of Nov. 8 at 7 a.m., Trump had 73,407,735 votes while Vice President Kamala Harris had 69,074,145.
The night of the 2024 election, members of Northeastern’s community said they stayed up until the results were evident. Some woke up to texts from friends and family telling them Trump would be the next president of the United States.
“I’m shocked,” said Evan Hostetler, a second-year chemical engineering major from the key swing state of Pennsylvania. “I was not expecting Trump to also win the popular vote by such a large margin.”
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