We asked Georgetown students what they thought about the Super Tuesday results
It was a pretty crazy night
As the final results of Super Tuesday came in two nights ago the nation came to a halt as the fear that Donald Trump could become President started to set in. Despite John Oliver’s warning to #makedonaldrumpfagain, Donald is now leading the 2016 GOP Nomination. In wake of these alarming news Georgetown students pondered on their options for the upcoming 2016 elections. As a particularly politically opinionated school we wanted to sharing their views with you.
Dylan McDermott, (COL’16), who identifies as a Republican, comments that he would “without a doubt vote for Clinton”. He added: “I think Trump threatens the fabric of the US as a pluralistic, tolerant country. While it’s never been perfect or even close, the US has always strived to improve and Trump would reverse the process of increasing equality and tolerance. His islamophobia and populist demagoguery are scary traits in a future President.”
Brandon Muto (MSB’16) said: “This country is screwed when this many people are still supporting Trump. If Trump or Cruz wins then definitely Hillary, if Kasich were to win the GOP nomination I would maybe vote for him over Hillary.” His opinion on Democratic nominee Sanders is probably why he did not amass many votes on Tuesday: “He wants to change things that will never get passed in Congress.”
Eric Zemmali (SFS’16) asserts: “I support Bernie Sanders. I think he is by far the best candidate. He is genuine and has been steadfast in his view since the start of his political career. Unfortunately he didn’t win as many delegates as he had hoped on Super Tuesday.”
Camila Moscoso (SFS’16) was dismayed with the results. She said: “I’m more upset about Trump taking so many electorates than about Bernie not doing better. However, I still hope that if Trump wins the Republican nomination people will vote against him in the general elections. Scary to think otherwise.”
Dan Leach (COL’16) on the other hand says: “It’s frightening knowing that the options are going to be Trump and Hillary”.
And finally Blake Atherton (SFS ’16) gives us the rundown on how Trump has managed to spearhead the Republican nomination on Super Tuesday: “Super Tuesday was anything but super for the Republican establishment. It showed with certainty that – to the chagrin of Mitt Romney and like-minded republicans – the GOP establishment is effectively keeling over. Fox News ditched Rubio, the Koch Brothers announced that they have no intention to fund an anti-Trump campaign, and worst of all, Chris Christie decided to back Trump, a manoeuvre which shows cowardice and the most pernicious form of political opportunism.”