Election Night Was Full of Many Emotions

It was around 5 a.m. when Kate Harvey woke up her fiancé, Michael Czerwinski. She was nervous and anxious about the election. Harvey then saw that Joe Biden won Wisconsin and that helped alleviate some nerves.

Czerwinski also feels more relieved that the election is finally over but stressed that President Trump is making the transition process difficult. 

“The idea of the election being rigged was an attempt to delegitimize the election,” said Czerwinski and feels that the election was legit. He also feels the impact of the election caused more division and people will question future elections.

Harvey, lives in Milwaukee and is a registered Nurse, also thinks a lot of people distrust the election process and that it will cause issues for the next administration.

Kayli Humphrey, of Milwaukee, was very nervous on election night. “It was not a fun experience following along with the election,” said Humphrey. 

When it was finally announced that Biden won, it made her feel more relaxed. 

Humphrey doesn’t think that there was any voter fraud but confusion with mail-in ballots and how each state has different rules and laws. 

She also feels that there is a larger wedge now between both sides and that there might be backlash once the results are final.

Jacquie Haertel, of Fox Point, felt lots of anxiety and depression on election night and instead of staying up and watching the coverage, she just chose to go to bed and sleep through it. 

Haertel thinks it’s over even though President Trump hasn’t conceded, and that Trump will legally try to drag this out.

Going forward, she feels more relaxed. “I feel generally less anxious and depressed and Trump losing just takes lots of that anxiety and depression away,” said Haertel. 

Matt Judson, of Waukesha, felt confident on election night, because he still felt there was a silent majority backing President Trump.

Judson noted that since Trump was holding lots of rallies leading up to the election, that he gained support from there as well. 

Now that everything is being dragged out, Judson feels it’s becoming fatiguing on the nation and that people are ready to move on, but thinks that just because everyone is fatigued  that it’s not an excuse to just skip over certain parts of the process and to do it the right way.

“I think Trump should exercise his rights by law to question the voting process in swing states,” said Judson. 

He feels an impact of this election is that people have dug their heels in more and there will be less willingness for both sides to work together. 

That the message of both sides wants similar things, just getting there is the difference, or the ideas of how we solve our problems.

Mitch Mason, of Milwaukee, felt confident too on election night. It looked like Trump was going to win and take Arizona.

Now Mason has accepted the fact that Biden won and don’t think that there was enough fraud to overturn the election. 

He does think that Trump has every right to legally challenge or pursue lawsuit but doesn’t feel that the outcome will change. 

R.J. Geopel, of Milwaukee, was surprised how close the election was, he thought that Biden would win no doubt, even though he voted for Jorganson this year.

Geople feels that Trump is wasting time and money with all the lawsuits he is pursuing but says that Trump has every right to keep pursuing the different cases.

A positive that you can take from this election is that is attracted a lot of first-time voters says Geople. He thinks that these first-time voters probably felt like they were a part of something and that this will lead to more people paying attention going forward.