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Students react to election results

Ja'Mariah Williams, Writer • December 1, 2024

Kiera Boyea voted for the first time in the recent presidential election.

On November 6, the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris lost to Republican Donald Trump in the presidential election race, Trump received 312 electoral votes to Harris’ 226. Trump also won the popular vote by nearly 2.5 million votes. Ja’Mariah Williams spoke to students around the school. Here is some reaction.

“I was very disappointed at first. But then I just realized that life goes on no matter who gets elected as president.” Kiera Boyea (12)

Kiera Boyea (Senior) (Ja’Mariah Williams)

“I am very happy about the election results. I woke up Wednesday morning with screenshots all over the school story about the election turnout, some people upset and some people happy. This is a turnaround for our country. Trump 2024!” Olivia Graf (10)

“I wanted Kamala to be president because some of her ideologies align more with mine. Trump’s do not. As in reproductive issues. I know that Kamala couldn’t really do anything for women’s reproductive rights because the people in the Supreme Court overturned it and those are for life but she was more supportive of women’s health care.” Celia Flores (12)

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Celia Flores (Senior) (Ja’Mariah Williams)

“I feel like I wanted Trump to win and I was happy with the results.” Chase Peterson

Chase Peterson (Junior) (Ja’Mariah Williams)

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Ja'Mariah Williams, Writer

Ja’Mariah Williams is a sophomore at MCHS. She’s been in Mason City for about 8 years. She loves food, music, and art. When she gets older, she plans on traveling so she can learn more about food, music, and art in different places around the world. So far, Ja’Mariah has been to Texas and her birth state of Illinois. Ja’Mariah’s biggest goal is to graduate and possibly get her AA degree while in high school. Afterward, she’d like to move out of Iowa and go to a 4-year Historically Black College University for real estate, OB/GYN, or business. Ja’Mariah wants to learn more about black culture. “I heard HBCUs are fun to go to and I can learn more than what is just taught during Black History Month.” Ja’Mariah is taking Journalism Class because she wants people to know what’s going on in their school and she likes taking pictures. She hopes it leads to building new connections and friendships and learning about the field of journalism.