Live: Election Day at Georgetown

As millions across the country go to the polls today, Georgetown students will participate in a variety of Election Day events. From marching to the polls, to calling voters in swing states, to thoughtfully discussing the impacts of either a Trump or Harris presidency, to praying for the nation, our campus is ready for voting day in the nation’s capital.

Follow along with the Voice’s coverage of the 2024 election on and off-campus, including Vice President Harris’s election night event at Howard University!

2:55 p.m.: Chess and Destress cancelled; students left with stress and no chess

By Larson Matuck

Event organizers tell the Voice that Chess and Destress, originally scheduled for 2 p.m. in the HFSC Herman Room, has been cancelled.

2:40 p.m.: You vote, we play: GU Pep Band performs in Red Square

By Sophia Frank

GU Pep Band played songs requested by passersbys in Red Square starting around 1 p.m. Including: “Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)” by The Offspring, the “Star-spangled Banner” (ah, yes, its Election Day!), “YMCA” by Village People,“Stacy’s Mom” by Fountains of Wayne, and “Toxic” by Britney Spears.

12:59 p.m.: Election Day 2024: How will the financial markets respond? A conversation hosted by the Psaros Center 

By Connor Martin

The Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy hosted a conversation about the election’s impact on financial markets starting at noon in the Arrupe multipurpose room. The event featured the following speakers: Andy Blocker, Global Head of Public Policy at Invesco; Rachel Goldberg, Head of U.S. Government Affairs at Citi Bank; Lauren Belive, Head of U.S. Public Policy at Ripple; and Geoffery Okamoto, managing director of Government Affairs at Goldman Sachs.

Students and faculty listened, asked questions, and made predictions about the post-election financial landscape.

12:20 p.m.: Take a Break with ESCAPE! in the HFSC Herman Room

By Dolce Coury

Students and leaders from GU Politics and ESCAPE gathered over snacks, creating a welcoming space to discuss the upcoming election. Students flowed in and out throughout the event, with around 20 students joining in the first hour.

11:50 a.m.: Cultural Identity & Political Power: the Asian American Experience in the HFSC Social Room

By Allie Schlicht 

Students watched the documentary, First Vote, which examined Asian American political representation and the diversity of opinions on the election within Asian-American communities. The event was organized by AASA, the Chinese Students Association, South Asian Society and GU Politics.

10:24 a.m.: Bipartisan Breakfast in the GU Politics Living Room

By Franziska Wild

To kick off Election Day, GU Politics held a breakfast complete with coffee, bagels, and pastries—fuel for a jam-packed day of discussion and anticipation ahead. 

The event had “moderate turnout” and most people weren’t talking politics, according to Cody Becker (MPM ’25), a member of the GU Politics Student Advisory Board. Instead, the breakfast created a space for grounding ahead of a long-evening of results watching. Becker himself is eagerly anticipating the GU-Politics watch party hosted in the HFSC social room later tonight. 

“I’m excited to see everything come in live—and it won’t be everything—but we’ve just been sitting on the thought of what’s going to happen for so long,” Becker said. “It’ll be nice to finally get some answers.” 

He’s also just generally excited about the atmosphere on campus and watching his peers get excited about the thing that drew him to D.C. for graduate school—political involvement. 

“It’s fun seeing people who are voting for the first time getting involved right in the middle of things,” Becker said. “No matter what side people are taking, I just like that people are very engaged.”