The presidential election results have been officially concluded and a candidate was announced early Wednesday morning. Former president Donald Trump has been reelected, leaving not only our nation with mixed reactions, but the community within the school. 

Senior Dom Zlupko voted for Vice President Kamala Harris. 

“I was very disappointed in the outcome of the election,” Zlupko said. “There should also be a divide between church and state. I was surprised, mainly in the Pennsylvania demographic, with places like State College turning red. If you walk around that area it is mainly blue, so parts of that just really took me by surprise. The blue wall on the map barely was a wall at all, and it was more like a picket fence.” 

This is the first election Zlupko voted in. 

Senior Rachel Kennedy was at the polls early Tuesday morning. 

“I feel good about the way that the election went democratically,” Kennedy said. “I feel like some previous elections have been very tumultuous with stuff like that, and this one felt a lot easier in the process. I was really pleased with how the nation responded. However, I feel as if we’re not moving forward as a nation and that we’re continually stepping back. We need something new, new people, younger people, somebody to bring new ideas and bring our nation into a new age.” 

Juniors Keegan Fink, Julian Pringle and Caleb Terza are not old enough to vote yet. 

 “I was definitely more on Kamala Harris’ side,” Fink said. “I don’t agree with Trump’s ideas on schooling being a state opinionated thing, but I do like the idea of reduced pricing for groceries and households. In the end, I am an American citizen, so I just hope for the best and that we can improve our country as a whole.” 

“It was a little unexpected,” Pringle said. “I wasn’t expecting Pennsylvania to favor Trump.” 

“I think a lot of foreign policy and economic policies will be different,” Terza said. “He is definitely a lot more ambitious, whether that’s good or bad.”