Some students on Eastern Michigan University’s campus said there weren’t many surprises in regards to the results from Tuesday’s election.
EMU senior Jimmy Davis, an urban regional planning major, said,
“The outcome was what I expected for both the president and the propositions.”
Davis said the deciding factor in President Barack Obama’s victory was the last two presidential debates.
“Most people have their mind made up by the time the debates come around. However, the last two debates really gave Obama a hand in winning the election,” Davis said.
He said the fact checkers on stage helped Obama’s credibility in the debates.
“[Republican presidential candidate Mitt] Romney has flip-flopped and supported both sides of every major issue since his start in politics,” he said.
Davis said he was happy to see Proposal 3 fail, which would have required Michigan to rely more on renewable energy.
“A strong energy plan is legislation’s job and is not in the state’s constitution,” Davis said. “Michigan would have been the only state to adopt these policies when we already have a strong energy policy in place until 2015.”
EMU senior Alexander Fuller, a social studies major, said although he wasn’t surprised by Obama’s re-election, he was disappointed.
“Obama was just too popular and has a very electable personality. I wanted Romney to win, but there is still a lot of mistrust with Republican candidates that started with the Bush era.”
Fuller said he is an Independent voter, but mostly sided with Republicans on the major issues. He predicted Obama won’t be able to carry out his agenda due to Republican opposition.
“Republicans aren’t going to play ball, and they aren’t going to make any deals. I don’t see a lot of change from the last four years,” Fuller said.
EMU senior Hilary Ferencak, a psychology major, said she was pleased Obama won, but by the end of the long election race it had become “dull.”
“I felt a lot better after voting, though. It was a really good feeling that I did something patriotic,” Ferencak said.
Ferencak is from Ohio, but was able to vote at a local location due to new options that became available for out-of-state students.
