I teach 5 classes at two universities in Kentucky. So, after reading a lot about students on campus feeling terrible or unsafe after a Trump election victory, I decided to do my own exit poll. I asked students whether they felt generally happy or generally bad (mad, scared, sad) or generally “meh” (i.e., ambivalent, unconcerned, indifferent, apathetic).

Granted that Kentucky is a red state, Lexington is a blue county… Here’s the results:

CLASS #1, Private Religious School:

Sad: 11
Happy: 9
Meh: 9

CLASS #2, Private Religious School:

Sad: 1
Happy: 3
Meh: 2

CLASS #3, Private Religious School

Sad: 7
Happy: 8
Meh: 5

Subtotal: 19 sad, 20 happy, 16 meh.

CLASS #4, Public Secular School

Sad: 12
Happy: 13
Meh: 8

CLASS #5, Public Secular School

Sad: 10
Happy: 5
Meh: 8

Subtotal: 22 sad, 18 happy, 16 meh.

Difference: +3 sad, -2 happy, +0 meh.

TOTALS

Sad: 41
Happy: 33
Meh: 32