It’s a democratic inevitability: For every winner, there will be a loser.
Regardless of which presidential candidate clinches the most votes in the Electoral College, many voters said they will feel disappointed if their candidate loses.
“I think [things] will get worse if [John] McCain doesn’t win, which he probably won’t,” said Andrew McCollum, energy management and economics senior. “It’s kind of scary to me.”
Nadia Albahadily, political science junior, said she will be shocked and cry if Barack Obama loses the election.
“I have a lot of faith in Obama and haven’t considered what will happen if he doesn’t win,” Albahadily said. “I probably won’t come to class though. I am a sore loser and if Obama loses, then I lose.”
Kyle Williams, history and letters sophomore, said he is not voting for either presidential candidate. He said both have stances on issues he disagrees with.
“I don’t dislike them so much that I wouldn’t listen to them as my president or go against their administration,” Williams said. “I just can’t vote for either of them in good conscience.”
Williams said he will vote for U.S. senators and in the local races.
Most people tend to support the winner eventually, whether or not they voted for them, said Glen Krutz, political science professor.
“The honeymoon period will happen regardless of who wins,” Krutz said. “The country will get behind the newly-elected president. They might not be happy, but it will happen.”
Most students agreed that they will listen to and respect the new president, regardless of party affiliation.
“Whether or not I voted for him, he is my president and the democracy of our nation speaks,” said Kaitlin Kruse, religious studies sophomore.
Kruse said if Obama wins the election, she will respect him as her president even though she voted for McCain.
“I don’t believe Barack Obama is evil,” Kruse said. “The way he wants to do things is not what I feel is best, but I’m not going to move to some other country and change my citizenship.”
Tonya Bryant, international and area studies and French senior, said she thinks the U.S. will remain stagnant if the Republican Party remains in office.
“If McCain wins, I will be upset. But I feel like I am obligated to listen to what McCain has to say,” Bryant said. “I can’t just ignore something I don’t like.”
McCollum said he doesn’t agree with Obama’s economic plan to apply the Social Security payroll tax to all annual incomes over $250,000 but doesn’t think he will be affected, since he doesn’t anticipate earning more than $200,000 in the next four years.
“On a micro scale, I don’t think that I’ll be affected that much by Obama’s presidency,” McCollum said. “On a macro scale, I don’t have a lot of hope for change in the country.”
Kruse said she believes the country will be divided regardless of the outcome and neither candidate will have an easy road.
“The only person that can run the country exactly how you want to is you. You have to take the good with the bad,” McCollum said.
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Bubba 3 years, 6 months ago
Hillary! Hillary! Hillary!
SoonerTexan88 3 years, 6 months ago
If Obama wins, it sucks for McCain voters.
If McCain wins, we have to listen to "he stole the election", and neverending liberal biased media stories for the next 4 years.
Either way, a McCain voter loses.