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Gen Z Voters React with Fear, Anger and Determination After Trump Wins 2024 Election
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Gen Z Voters React with Fear, Anger and Determination After Trump Wins 2024 Election

Daniela Osorio, 22, recent graduate of the University of Tampa

“I was absolutely heartbroken by the election results, not just because of who was in office, but to see people who I felt were close to me vote for someone and align themselves with politics that was actively harming my and their communities.

FIU campus signs

Signs on the FIU campus urging readers to vote Yes on 4

Caroline Val

“There are many things I worry about about the Trump administration: access to life-saving health care; immigration policies that will separate families and strip existing rights of immigrants, especially those of first-generation Americans; and the protection of LGBTQ+ individuals, especially those in this country right now.” Transgender individuals are one of the targets.”

Diana La Torre, 21, senior at University of Miami

“I feel distressed. The results showed that the majority of American citizens do not care about progress and the protection of basic human rights for all. Instead, they choose to return to times when minority groups were subjected to prejudice and hatred. I am afraid for my own future as well as the future of my loved ones.

“I’m most concerned about potential new policies that would restrict women’s right to vote, lives that could be lost due to lack of gun regulations, and mass deportation laws that would impact the Latino community, my community. There are so many things.” “This administration worries me, and I can’t lie, it makes me feel hopeless.”


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Sage Hamilton, Georgia State University (GSU) student

“Even though we may seem divided, even if someone has a different opinion, you can still come together. “We can still try to unite and not focus on hate.”

Ifama Frazier, sophomore at GSU

“It is incredible that someone would actively fight against our basic human rights, and it is even more frustrating that he is in office.”

Students watching election night returns at Georgia State University

Students watching election night returns at Georgia State University student center

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Nolan Daly, sophomore at GSU

“I don’t like (Trump’s) morality. I don’t really like his personality, but I think he’s the better of two bad candidates. “But I really like his policies on the economy, and I also like his policies on certain rights that he gives to the states rather than outright banning abortion.”