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Republicans win big in Butler County elections
Biden named President-Elect, Miami students react JENNA CALDERÓN
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CAROLINE HAUBENSTRICKER STAFF WRITER While Joe Biden won this year’s presidential election, Ohio’s 18 Electoral College votes went to his Republican opponent, Donald Trump. In Ohio’s state-wide elections, as well as those in Butler County, Republicans also won big. The Ohio State Senate, Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Supreme Court all remain under Republican control after this year’s election. Ohio State Senate There are 33 seats in the Ohio State Senate. Of the 16 up for grabs this election cycle, Republican candidates won 13, according to Ballotpedia. Butler County belongs to District 4 of the State Senate. In our district, George Lang (R) beat Kathy Wyenandt (D) with 61.1% of the vote. According to his website, Lang County’s families, businesses, and communities.” His goal is to “make Ohio the most business-friendly state in the nation.” Ohio House of Representatives After the election, Republicans the Ohio House of Representatives, according to Ballotpedia. Butler County falls under Disbeat Chuck Horn (D) with more than 63% of the vote. Gross is pro-life and anti-same sex marriage, universal healthcare and immigration, according to her questionnaire on iVoterGuide. She is also pro-national security and Second Amendment. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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THE MIAMI STUDENT After he was projected to win Pennsylvania on Saturday morning, Joe Biden became the next President-Elect of the United States. Biden toral votes, according to the Associated Press, and more than 75 million popular votes, the most cast for any presidential candidate in American history. Biden’s projected win has sparked an array of emotions across Miami’s campus. Caroline Roethlisberger, a senior political science and journalism double major and president of Miami’s College Democrats (Dems), is ecstatic about the results. But more than anything else, she is feeling relieved. “America has shown that Trump’s racist, misogynistic rhetoric [and] his general bigotry will not and cannot be tolerated in the presidency,” she said. While some students are thrilled with Biden’s win, some aren’t ready to accept the results just yet. Taylor Armstrong, Chairman of College Republicans (CRs) did not anticipate this turnout in the election, nor did he anticipate how close the race would be. cial,” Armstrong said. “We are going to wait until all the processes that are being pursued by the other side of paign, are completed.” Although most major media outlets have called the race in Biden’s favor, Armstrong said his win is not “It’s not premature, it’s not early, Joe Biden is going to be the next President of the United States,” Armstrong added. Sophomore accounting major Bennet Chambers typically leans con-
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servatively but settled on casting his vote for Biden this election. I personally just don’t like Donald Trump as a person,” Chambers said. Despite Chambers casting his vote for the Democratic presidential candidate, he felt as though neither was “I don’t think either of them were the best options,” Chambers said. “But you’ve got to play with the cards that you’re dealt.” Some students don’t identify with Trump or Biden’s platforms. Nick Schooley, a sophomore ecolibertarian, said America’s two-party system needs changing. “My personal belief is that America needs to change, and we need to
abolish the two-party system,” he said. “We need to get some reform. Things have to be changed.” Zoey Seibert, a junior geology major, considers herself an independent. litical party, she’s happy with Biden’s election. “I think that the last four years, there have just been so many tensions built up over time, and I’m hoping that, with these results, we can end those sorts of tensions,” she said.
With Trump having no intention to concede the election as of yet, many predict it may not be a smooth transition. “Of course, Trump has his right to contest what he wants to in court,” Roethlisberger said. “I don’t foresee those outcomes changing the outcome of the presidential results.” calderjm@miamioh.edu selvagvj@miamioh.edu
A tumultuous turkey day: surviving Thanksgiving 2020 Kyle Hunt, a junior economics major, is concerned that his family’s Thanksgiving celebration will be marred by arguments and bickering. “[My family] doesn’t agree on political issues on the best of years, and God knows this isn’t the best of years,” Hunt said. Hunt said he knows his family won’t be able to resist bringing up the subjects of the election and up, things might get nasty. “My uncle and my mom in particular really don’t see eye to eye politically,” Hunt said. “So who knows how mad they’ll get at each other this year. I just want to focus on the food, man.” And while hot-button topics are bound to create tension in some cases, in others, it looks like the constraints ally set to reduce familial squabbling. ative writing and professional writing double-major, said her family is one such case. “Thanksgiving is kinda canceled, to be honest,” Browning said in refer-
AT THANKSGIVING, THE DINNER TABLE CAN EASILY BECOME A BATTLEFIELD. BUT BY KEEPING A FEW THINGS IN MIND, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO. DESIGN EDITOR OWEN BERG
DUARD HEADLEY CULTURE EDITOR Ah, Thanksgiving. A holiday known for family gatherings and decadent food. As the warmth of count-
less ovens pervade an equal number of houses, the rich smells of holiday feasts come wafting with it. The tables are set for lavish dinners, and the spirit of thanks and generosity abounds. That is, until the political talk starts.
Along with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and a spread of homemade treats, Thanksgiving is often associated with the stress and tension that can result from family members broaching sensitive political and social topics.
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This phenomenon is true for many of Miami’s students, and in a year when issues like a hotly-contested election and a once-in-a-century pan-
have caused her family to limit their dinner to just her, her brother and her parents. “But I do know that if COVID wasn’t going on right now, Thanksgiving would be tense no matter what.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
to reason that dinner tables might get pretty heated this year.
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