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Red state students navigate post-election politics, belonging on a blue campus
By Dylan Fee | November 21This year’s election granted Republicans leadership over the presidency and both chambers of Congress. However, a majority of Tufts students reside in blue states, where the majority of residents voted for candidates from the Democratic party. Students from red states, who will experience more policy changes amid a Republican sweep of the federal government, hold a smaller space on campus. Three Tufts students from different red states —Ashton Dudley, Alice Estrada and Clare Eddy —discussed their post-election feelings with the Daily, their varying conservative cultures and how their home states affect their place in the Tufts community.
