CARMEL, Ind. – People from around the area recently shared their thoughts about the 2024 election with initial projections showing that former President Donald Trump beat Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race, what many people thought would be a closer race.
“It wasn’t as close as I thought it was going to be,” a local voter named Susan said.
“It was nail-biting and you know, I was just hoping for the best for everyone,” said Star Miller, another local voter.
“I kinda expected it,” said Shane Mendoza, another local voter. “With everything I was hearing, it felt like that was the way it was going to go.”
One of the central Indiana counties with the highest voter turnout was Hamilton County with more than 70% making it to the polls. Hamilton County was also one of Indiana’s more purple counties but when all of the votes were counted, Trump had nearly 52% of votes in the county and Kamala Harris had just under 46%.
Some Hamilton County voters are happy about the results.
“[I am] very hopeful,” said Kevin Haverstock, a local voter. “I am ready to see things turn around and change for the better.”
“I am pretty optimistic,” Mendoza said. “I am hoping the economy can turn around and things get better… Just a better economy, hoping inflation can go down and maybe housing prices can go down too.”
Other voters though are not so happy about the results.
“I was just more hopeful that we had a brighter future for our children going into the next four years,” a local voter named Jennifer said. “Just that we gave a convicted felon with sexual assault charges against him as our new leader instead of a woman that really wanted justice and peace for the entire nation.”
Some voters are looking at the future of our country in a whole different way.
“I know there is a lot of controversy about this election but I guess I just feel like regardless of who ended up in office, my hope is not in a government to take care of us and that people should recognize there is a higher government than that and that’s God and the Holy Spirit leading us through good times and bad and turning our hearts back to great places to live and ways to support one another,” Susan said.
Trump will be the first former president to return to the White House since Grover Cleveland back in the late 1800s. Trump will also be the oldest person elected into office at 78 years old.
“So many people don’t want to see Trump in office, but just be open-minded and just let time tell,” Haverstock said.
But no matter who is in office, many people say they want to see less of a divide in the country going forward.
“I just hope good prevails and peace prevails no matter who won,” Jennifer said.
“I think we need to come together like back in the 80s and 90s and just be a great country and support each other,” Miller said. “I think we’ve been divided for too long.”
“I think it would be to bring this country together,” Haverstock said. “We’ve been divided for about eight years and I think it would be a great thing to bring us back to where we were.”
“I really think the best we can do is hope things get better and try as much as possible to do the right thing and live a good life,” Mendoza said.
Trump will take office for his second term next January. To learn more about the 2024 presidential race, click here.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)
