In the aftermath of Trump's election, Republicans in North Dakota hope for change, while Democrats lament loss
CBC
The sky was gloomy, but not the mood of Republicans enjoying a post-election bite in Fargo, N.D., Wednesday morning.
"Well, the guy I voted for won," Harold Ness proclaimed outside The Shack on Broadway, a popular breakfast spot in the city. His "I voted" sticker still affixed to his jacket because he forgot it was there.
Ness was about to join three other retirees — the "league of extinguished, I mean, distinguished gentlemen," he quipped — at the eatery, where Donald Trump's triumphant reclaiming of the presidency, only hours before, was sure to be a topic of conversation, he said.
He didn't know which presidential candidate earned all of their votes, but was fairly confident the Republican nominee was their preferred choice, rather than Democrat Kamala Harris.
"They say great minds think alike."
In North Dakota, a neighbour to Manitoba's south, voters happy with the outcome of the presidential race were easy to find.
Glenn Wittenberg said he felt the country was "going in the wrong direction" under President Joe Biden.
Wittenberg felt the Democratic president didn't do enough to tame inflation.
"I'm retired, my dollar doesn't go as far as it used to," he said.
In this election, Trump's margins of victory grew in some parts of rural America, and the same was true in North Dakota, one of the reddest states in the country.
Trump earned 67 per cent of the popular vote in North Dakota, a higher percentage than the 65 per cent in the 2020 election and the 64 per cent he earned in the 2016 vote.
Russel Stabler attributed Trump's success to his policies.
"They're very impressed with the way he does things," said Stabler, an air force veteran.
"He doesn't always say the right thing," he added, a nod to Trump's inflammatory and dark rhetoric, "but his intentions and everything else are good."
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