Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was elected as the 45th president of the United States in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 9. Mr. Trump, whose victory was viewed nationally as an upset compared to previous polls, and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton made this one of the most entertaining and back-and-forth elections in recent memory, and it understandably dominated headlines for the last two years. Freshmen at McIntosh haven’t yet experienced high school life without the election constantly in the news, and they are just now adjusting to post-election life.

Freshman James Behnken said, “It will be weird without the election in the news everyday. Every night I won’t have to listen to the [election coverage].”

Freshman Tylar Davis said, “Life isn’t different for me because listening only to the news skews your opinion on things. Most news media is biased, so doing your own research should be the only way to know things. Having it all over the news in the first place didn’t disrupt my life to begin with.”