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TRUMP’S WON-NOW WHAT?

“These are trying times” Leo Sidran*

Donald Trump’s election as President on November 8th, along with the Republicans’ success in taking over the United State Senate and retaining their House majority has resulted in feelings of shock, despair, sadness and anger for about half the country. I have heard from social work professors whose students are extremely upset with the election results as well as from friends, acquaintances and family members. So many put time, energy and their heart and soul into efforts to elect the first woman and woman of color as President and to prevent the election of someone considered extremely unfit and unstable, who has repeatedly made or condoned racist and misogynistic statements.

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FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT

Kim Howard

Dear Social Work Community,

A Personal Reflection

As I lay here awake at 3 a.m., staring into the darkness, my mind won’t stop racing. I don’t know what to feel, what to think, or what to do. How did this happen? What did we expect would happen?

The numbers swirl in my head. Donald Trump won 77,284,118 votes—49.8% of all votes cast for president. That’s the second-highest total in U.S. history, just behind Joe Biden’s 81,284,666 votes in 2020. Trump gained over 3 million more votes than he did in 2020 and 14 million more than in 2016. These aren’t just numbers; they represent people—millions of people who felt compelled to cast their vote for him again, or maybe for the first time.

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