Baldwin students expressed surprise, satisfaction, and dismay Wednesday morning over the results of Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential election.

Many students said they had been Trump supporters and were pleased with the election’s outcome.

Senior Dom Carlino stayed up until 3 a.m. waiting for the returns to come in.

“I’m not at all surprised by how close this race is,” Carlino said.  “I’ve been following pollsters and this is exactly what they predicted.”

Carlino is an avid supporter of Trump and firmly believes in his campaign slogan: “Make America great again.”

“I feel that as president he will strengthen our country’s borders and greatly improve our military,” Carlino said.

Junior Jake Monroe is also a Trump supporter, and he was not surprised with the outcome of the election.

“I was not surprised he won because I believe that people think he is going to be great at creating jobs for Americans,” Monroe said.

Senior Lauren Klimo is a student who voted in the election.

“I wasn’t really sure who to vote for,” Klimo said. “Both of them are pretty bad. …. But I voted for Trump.”

She said honesty was the most important issue for her.

“No one wants a liar in the White House. Hillary has lied to us left and right and I can’t stand that,” Klimo said.

One of Trump’s most important policies to many of his supporters is his immigration plan. His policy is one that freshman Megan Bell has faith in.

“I think he will make this country better and safer,” Bell said.

Bell feared that the election would fall in Clinton’s favor due to her belief that the media has a bias for Clinton.

“The polls were so biased,” Bell said. “I am so happy and surprised that Trump won.”

Sophomore Colin Poe called Trump’s win is a good one.

“Always root for the underdog,” Poe said, adding that Trump should build a wall along the Mexico border.

Senior Jacob Regis, a Trump supporter, said he was happy with the results.

People want someone who is a “non-bureaucrat” and that is what they finally got last night, Regis said.

Regis was among the people who stayed up to finish watching the election.

“It was over after he won Pennsylvania,” Regis said.

Sophomore Mackenzie Meis said she is happy he won because “Hillary is a criminal and I think Trump will do more since he is a businessman.”

Junior Sydney Keller was content with the results and, like many, a bit shocked.

“I felt good about Trump’s win,” she said. “I didn’t believe he would be able to do it, but I’m grateful he did.”

Keller was a part of a large group of people not truly invested in Trump or Clinton. She just wanted what she considered the lesser of two evils.

“Trump has done a lot of questionable things,” Keller said. “But Hillary is a criminal, so he was definitely the better choice.”

Sophomore Colton Barr is a Trump supporter, but he did not watch the election results last night, so he woke up early this morning to learn that Trump actually got the victory.

“I was very surprised when I woke up this morning and saw that Trump actually won,” Barr said.

Sophomore Sydney Milan was content with the election results.

She said she was not a die-hard Trump supporter like others, but she saw Trump as the better candidate.

In her ideal election, she said, “neither would win.”

Clinton supporters, meanwhile, expressed surprise and concern.

Sophomore Alyssa Raynovich, who was a Clinton supporter, stayed up late to see the results.

“I don’t agree with her on everything, but I trust her way more than Trump,” Raynovich said.

She says she is concerned what will happen now that Republicans control the White House, the Senate and the House.

“I am scared for what is going to happen because with the Senate and (House) Republican, some of his crazy plans might go through.” Raynovich said.

Senior Katie Sainato heard the results via a fight on Twitter this morning.

“He has no political experience. People voted for him because they believe that he is just the common guy,” Sainato said.

Sainato said the part that upset her the most about the election was that “Trump had to pull out the worst of America to win.”

Senior Minnie Jones, a Hillary Clinton supporter, was shocked and upset about the news that she received this morning at 4 a.m.

“I had thought that the Democrats had won the Senate last night,” said Jones. “But since that isn’t the case, I am unsure what will happen when Trump becomes our president.”

Senior Fadila Yumouh, a Clinton supporter, expressed her shock when she discovered the results of the election.

Yumouh didn’t stay up to watch results, since she felt confident that Clinton would win, but realized the outcome when she woke up this morning.

“I just went to bed and woke up and — I just don’t understand why people voted for him,” Yumouh said.

Sophomore Andrew Golvash gave up on the election and went to bed around 10 p.m.

“My parents were rooting for Hillary, so I guess that is who I was rooting for too,” Golvash said. When he found out the results this morning, he was surprised and somewhat disappointed.

“Trump did so many things that disturbed Americans,” Golvash said, “and I just can’t believe he is now our president.”

Junior Riley Matthews said she wanted Clinton to win because of her views on women.

Although Matthews didn’t stay up to see who won, she was following the election on Twitter until she went to bed. When she turned off her phone, Trump was in the lead.

Matthews found out that Trump had won at 6 a.m. She wasn’t happy, but she also wasn’t disappointed.

“It happens,” she said.

Freshman Maya Reinheimer said she is concerned that Trump will cause a world war and bigger divisions in America.

“He’s going to attempt to get most people who are not American out of the country, and people are not going to be okay with that,” Reinheimer said.

Freshman Gabby Dangelo said she was angry about the results of the election because she believes Trump is discriminatory.

“Trump is just really racist and homophobic.  I can’t believe he won,” Dangelo said.

Junior Josie Mackewich, who is anti-Trump, was disappointed with the voters.

“The things he has said and done anger me, and I am mad that he is now our president,” Mackewich said.

Sophomore Jaqwon Parker supported Clinton in the election because he feels that she was the better candidate and that Trump’s past was troubling.

He was not surprised by Trump’s win because he knew that a majority of people were Trump supporters.

“I think people only chose Trump because he’s entertainment and they would rather have a male as president than a female,” Parker said.

Parker also expressed concern about Trump’s immigration policies.

“I hope Trump makes good decisions as president and he doesn’t deport the immigrants, because they most likely came here for freedom and now it’s going to be taken away from them,” Parker said.

Although Senior Audrey Eisel couldn’t vote, she would’ve voted for Clinton. She found out the results of the election this morning when a friend texted her.

“On the bright side, Trump won’t get a second term, and you can’t do much when your party hates you,’’ Eisel said.

Like most Clinton supporters, freshman Mario Pagano was disappointed.

With Trump in office, Pagano fears women will not have the rights they deserve.

“I’m scared for America, because I think Trump is going to put us all into a war,” Pagano said.

Some students, meanwhile, didn’t support either candidate.

Senior Mike Sopata, who stayed up late to watch the election unfold, is satisfied with the results.

“Anybody but Hillary. I’m not really a Trump supporter. I was with Gary Johnson,” Sopata said.

Senior Josh Dilinger didn’t care much to watch the election and is not worried much.

He supported neither party during the election. He was not happy that Trump won but was not angry that Clinton lost.

“I didn’t like the candidates for either party and didn’t support them in the election,” Dillinger said.

Purbalite club members Areanna Bivens, Christian Boyd, Anijah Chancellor, Jarrod Chermely, Paige Crawley, Danielle Eggert, Patricia Esposito, Erin Fader, Erik Gardner, Brenna Green, Riley Konesky, John Lawson, Anamarie Martinez, Prudence Nowicki, Connor Reiche, Devon Schroeder, Aubrey Shaw, Logan Snyder, John Staley, Rachel Stofanek, Matt Storms, Jelena Winowich, Nathan Woodring, Quincy Woodson, Sarah Wuenschel, and Natalie Zgurich contributed to this report.