Trump, Clinton Supporters Say Unity A Must
BOSTON (CBS) -- Supporters of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton clashed on the campaign trail, but with Trump's victory, most say the country must now come together.
Voters expressed both excitement and disappointment Wednesday hours after Trump was named President-elect.
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Trump supporters say they are confident in his ability to lead.
"I've got a lot of faith in Trump," one man said.
"This is a new generation totally changing the world" Brian, a Trump supporter from Boston, told WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Ben Parker.
One life-long Democrat said she cast her ballot for Trump.
"I'm optimistic," she said. "Hopefully there will be some good changes coming."
In Billerica, Trump won big. The town had the largest number of voters for the GOP nominee in the Commonwealth--though he won by just a slim margin.
"The voting station I went to, you could see Republican signs everywhere," said voter Will Schaefer. "I saw no Hillary signs at all."
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It is one of a handful of red towns in this very blue state--a town where residents told WBZ-TV's Christina Hager all about their middle-class frustration.
"I was a manufacturing engineer, and they all left the country," said Trump supporter Paul Draper. "They all went to Thailand, Singapore, all that good stuff. And it's been a problem. Service industries cannot support an economy."
The head of the Republican Committee in Billerica, Tony Ventresca, said there are more Billericas in our country than we in Massachusetts might realize. He said voters in towns like this want less regulations.
"Let the small business owners do his thing," said Ventresca. "This town is a huge trade town, a lot of electricians and plumbers in town, and they just want to be able to go to work and do their job and make it pay."
It was a huge contrast to Boston, where headlines reflected the shock among mostly Democratic voters.
"I'm going to work right now and I feel so empty," said Clinton supporter Rebecca Markarian. "I can't believe our country would allow this to happen."
"I'm certainly shocked Trump won," one man in Boston said. "I'm not really sure what happened."
Clinton won overwhelmingly in Massachusetts, and Clinton voters were still reeling Wednesday morning from Trump's surprise win.
"I'm very confused and disappointed," one Clinton voter said.
"My brain's not functioning well," another Clinton supporter said. "Trying to process how it could have got this way, it's devastating."
Some worry the acrimony of the campaign will spill into the Oval Office, saying the division displayed over the past few months may be irreparable.
"I feel like everybody's spiteful, everybody just hates each other. No body wants to work together," one woman said. "Everybody just wants to see each other fail."
"I worry about people who are less well off than myself," another voter said. "When I think about the chance affordable health care could be yanked from them, it's horrifying."
Most, though, say the country will move forward together.
"We have no choice but to rally because Donald Trump is elected," one man said. "So we have to come together for the best of the people."
"Let's support him," another said, "and hope he does the right thing and gets us where he says he'll get us."
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Ben Parker reports
