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election opinions
T
he week of November 3, 2020 will be a memorable
week for many. On this day, people across the
country voted on their preferred presidential
candidate. With the election results pending for over three
days, Joe Biden was announced to be the 46th president
of the United States, winning with 290 electoral votes and
replacing Donald Trump as president, who had 214 electoral
votes. Many people had varying opinions and thoughts
about the process and outcome of the election.
Though the election has been called, Twitter is still
constantly being updated by important figures, including the
presidential candidates themselves.
“We believe these people are thieves,” Trump said on
Twitter, “The big city machines are corrupt. This was a stolen
election. Best pollster in Britain wrote this morning that this
clearly was a stolen election, that it’s impossible to imagine
that Biden outran Obama in some of these states.”
Joe Biden took matters to Twitter as well.
“Donald Trump is going to court to stop votes from being
counted,” Biden said on Twitter, “We have assembled the
largest election protection effort in history to fight back and
need your help.”
Trump demanded multiple recounts and made several
different claims. Even with some speculations of mail-in
miscounts and voter fraud, which is historically rare, these
elements have not affected any outcome of the election.
With the numbers remaining close the entire time, the
Democratic and Republican parties remained on the edges
of their seats. More states than ever before became swing
states, meaning that the state could be reasonably won by
either the Democratic or Republican presidential candidate
by a swing in vote. People were extremely biased, but a great
number of people stood by their political parties, including
several LSU students.
An LSU student who is Republican said they were not
shocked by the presidential outcome, and they knew it would
be a close race that would come down to a few states.
“Although my candidate did not win, I feel as though it’s
out of our hands now and therefore it is time to continue
with our lives,” a Republican LSU student said, “I feel as
though there may have been some interference in some
states based on how unlikely some of the events that took
place seem but not necessarily enough to change the
outcome.”
On the opposite end, a Democratic LSU student said
they were mostly shocked by the election results and said
students assumed that Biden would win the popular vote,
but they didn’t think Biden would win the electoral vote.
“I’m very happy with the election results, but it is
frustrating hearing the comments about voter fraud
following Biden being announced as the president-elect,”
they said.
They continued by saying that they believe that him
winning the election was a step in the right direction for
America, and they are looking forward to seeing what he and
his vice president will accomplish.
According to a Fox News source following Biden winning
the election, a ballot counter said there was absolutely no
room for voter fraud. There were no trash cans or pens in the
room, trash cans surrounding the buildings were searched,
and there were members of both parties watching the votes
being counted. Certain states did a recount and found that
they had missed votes for Biden, proving that voter fraud
may have not been as likely as it seemed for the Democratic
party.
Though LSU students have differing opinions, it is
important to treat everyone around oneself with respect and
equality. No matter if someone agrees with you or not, it is
important to always keep common morals in mind and treat
other people as your neighbor.
LSU students weigh in on the
results of the 2020 United States
Presidential Election.