As Election Day approaches, students are making plans to get to the polls. And for the night of Nov. 3, students are preparing how to get through the upcoming news cycle.
Ethan Boyd, a sophomore media and journalism major, said he will keep track of the election through Twitter and news sites that cover the results.
“It’s a little scary thinking about what's going to happen and how the subsequent days after are going to unfold,” he said.
While students make plans for Election Day, they also look ahead to the potential outcomes — and what it would mean for the next four years.
Boyd said President Donald Trump’s re-election would have a massive effect on his life and his family members’ lives, like with potential changes to the Affordable Care Act. For that reason, he said, it was important for them to vote during this election.
Avery Ferreiro, a sophomore majoring in psychology, said she has already voted and will be watching the results as they come in.
But, if it becomes too stressful, Ferreiro said she will have to stop tracking the results until they become more conclusive.
Ferreiro said this is her first time voting in a general election — and though her experience was pleasant, the environment at the poll did not match how consequential the situation was.
Ferreiro left knowing she had done her part to make a change in the U.S., she said. She said she will likely remember voting for this election for the rest of her life.
