Professor Sherri Greenberg said she anticipated the election would come down to the battleground states and be a very close race overall. Greenberg also thought the mail-in votes would be significant when they were counted, which saw Biden’s lead in Wisconsin and Michigan swell in his favor on Wednesday morning.
“I think we will see conclusive results on Friday,” Greenberg said. “We also have to see how it goes as far as legal challenges.”
Professor Jeremi Suri specializes as a historian when it comes to the United States presidency. He had two sets of reactions to how the election was unfolding: one as a scholar and the other as a professor.
“As a scholar, I think Trump’s comments were unprecedented,” Suri said. “No other president has ever advocated not counting legal votes of citizens. He attacked the basis of democracy, the basis of integrity and rule of law. This is an affront to democracy; I’ve written and studied about presidents and I’ve never heard anything like that.”
As a professor, Suri expressed his worries about how the president’s actions may impact his students. He said Trump’s words are not those of a role model and help undo what he and his colleagues are teaching their students.