“I feel as though that should not have happened, and am I on a ‘Walk The Prank’ right now? My rights will no longer exist as a Black, gay and going to college as a woman.” – Anonymous Senior 

“I thought it was very interesting getting everybody’s opinions on why they would want to vote Trump and not Kamala. I think it was very interesting in the process and how we go along. I thought it was very funny to me.” – Payton Miller, 10

“I think we had the chance to nominate a very educated and strong, empowered woman, but instead we went with a two-time impeached, 34-time convicted felon who now has the power to pardon himself. And also, now that he won, there are a lot of people in fear of their rights. And I think that, you know, as a nation, with things like this, we have to come together and really just think about why and who we’re voting for.” – Anonymous Senior

“I think it was kind of disappointing, and I had high hopes. I tried to be optimistic, but it kind of failed in the end.” – Victoria Piña, 12

“I think the analysis of the election results will be most interesting especially areas where we had voter turnout that increased versus decreased. I’m glad we had it settled before the Saturday after the election, so we don’t have a waiting period like in the last election. We’re a country of many opinions which means some people will be happy and some people will be sad, but at the end of the day, our election system functioned the way it was supposed to. ” – Ms. Danielle Panzerella

“I’m glad it’s over, and we can move on from it. I think that no matter what your opinion is that he’s now the president, that you should be able to support the American dream.” – Bowen Knox, 11

“I’m happy with the results of the election because this means that the price of items in our country will go down with Trump‘s economic policies.” – Samuel Kleinjan, 11

“Everything was better when Trump was president.” – Gavin Kahn, 10

“I feel very conflicted about it because although Trump has proven to help our economy, he is a convicted felon, and he is not a very good person toward Hispanics. I am half Mexican, so the switch-up about that makes me feel very uncomfortable. He has shown that he’s smart when it comes to economics, and that’s all I have hope for in him. Besides that, I think that my rights will be taken away as a woman, and I don’t like that. I feel like Kamala, probably would have been better in that because Kamala would have given women more, even more rights than we could have had and not banned abortion which I find very upsetting. I’m very conflicted. I don’t know how to feel.” -Vivienne Kerley, 10

“I feel indifferent. I mean, I hope it’s better for our country. Do I hope there’s change? Hopefully.” – Ms. Amy Goffinet

“I think there are both positive and negative effects from the election. Trump won, but people were just voting for him because of the economy and not paying attention to the fact he is a convicted felon.” – Brianna Patino, 11

“I don’t like that Trump is president, but I’m looking forward to inflation going down.” – Ashtyn Smith, 9

“At first I wasn’t a fan of either one because I know that Trump has said some stupid things, but the things he has done are a lot better than what he has said. The problem of abortion is up to the states anyway so people not liking him for that don’t realize that power is to the states not the federal government.” – Kailee Rietfors, 9

“Both candidates had pros and cons. I was excited to see what Kamala was going to do when she was in office and how it would all play out. We’ll just see how he follows through and what he’s going to do to better the economy.” – Railey Demery, 11

“Kamala is not doing what she’s supposed to be doing as a Vice President. She’s supposed to be protecting the border and she has not been doing that. It just shows that she doesn’t know how to do her job and her duties.” – Olivia Martin, 10

“[I’m] not surprised. It was 50-50. The polls were showing very 50-50 before.” – Ms. Emily Prewitt

“It shocked me a little bit because I did see the democratic side taking the lead and winning, but also I guess I do understand in some aspects of why the conservative side won. I fall in between both sides though.” -Cade Pickrell, 11

“I’m surprised we got the results so fast.” – Ms. Marion

“I was expecting Kamala to lose, but I wasn’t expecting it to be by a wide margin. It surprised me this many people supported Trump’s economic policies when the tariffs would be increasing the price of goods which was the opposite of what they wanted.” – Andrew Madrigal, 12

“It’s not great. I mean, I’m an immigrant, so I am worried about some of the things that are going to happen, and to some of my family members who are as well. That’s my main worry about the results.” – Carter Hamilton, 11

“I think it was good. My parents’ gas money will be down, chocolate won’t be $20 and items at Target will be cheaper. If Kamala won, my parents said that we would turn Amish because they wouldn’t like that.” -Anonymous Sophomore

“I’m glad Trump won. It’s better for the economy and for building good relationships with other countries.” – Eli Parker, 10

“I agree with Trump because he is harsh he has good intentions and morals in mind. I believe that God wants us to have a united nation, and I believe Trump can help us achieve that.” – Emma Beaudine, 11

“I’m glad Trump won because in a few years, I’m going to be starting my own life and my financial situation is going to be way better under Trump. I understand Trump has done some wrong, but his policies are way better.” – Kennedy Milam, 11

“I think Donald Trump was the best candidate, and I’m proud that he won.” – Beckett Echols, 11

“It’s like any difficult decision because both sides had different beliefs. It’s just our country, kind of depends on what you believe. I’m very interested to see what the future looks like and see what major changes are going to happen because I know that it is very opinionated and a lot of people feel very strongly about this.” – Audrey Falkner, 10

“To be honest, I think everybody’s making it a bigger deal than it is because we’re in high school, and we can’t even vote yet. I know a lot of people here are happy with the results.” – Baylie Stanton, 10 

“I have a lot of friends that are planning their lives based on the results of the election, and I feel like we shouldn’t be like that. The country shouldn’t be so divided or have an election uproot a whole family.” – Mr. Roatha Chap

“I’m not very excited. I think it’s a bad thing for a lot of people: people of color, women, gay people, people who want to get married in the future. They’re taking away abortion rights and stuff. I don’t like that.” – Maya Richards, 10

“I think the border will probably be a little more closed, realistically, as a teenager you won’t see much besides maybe lower gas prices and just a stronger economy overall” – Elijah Hanlon, 11