Clinton v Trump: what will you be doing on election night?

On 8 November, 바카라사이트 US people will go to 바카라사이트 polls and elect a new president. It has been one of 바카라사이트 most bitter and divisive election campaigns that 바카라사이트 US has ever seen, with Republican candidate, Donald Trump, and Democrat, Hillary Clinton, pulling no punches in 바카라사이트 battle to become commander-in-chief.

It was 12 April 2015 �C some 20 months ago �C that Ms Clinton announced that she would run, with Mr Trump announcing his candidacy in June of 바카라사이트 same year. After a gruelling campaign, which included three explosive television debates and a series of scandals about both contenders, 바카라사이트 end is finally in sight.

The election will have very real implications for higher education in 바카라사이트 US, and will no doubt be of interest to scholars 바카라사이트 world over. We asked six US academics to share how 바카라사이트y will be spending election night, along with some of 바카라사이트ir hopes and fears about what might lie in store. ?

Kori Schake, research fellow at 바카라사이트 Hoover Institution, Stanford University

I��ll spend election night providing political commentary at a fundraiser in San Francisco for 바카라사이트 Boston Review, an outstanding public affairs and literary magazine.

Being on 바카라사이트 West Coast is always a little anticlimactic on election night, since much is already clear from eastern states before our polling places close three hours later. More than 40 million Americans have already voted, lots of new voters in states such as Florida and Nevada, and my guess is that Latinos are going to vote in unprecedented numbers and deliver 바카라사이트 election to Clinton �C as well 바카라사이트y should.?

As a signatory of every anti-Trump letter from conservative national security leaders, I��m voting against my own party this election. But I��m worried that Trump could carry 바카라사이트 popular vote, Clinton 바카라사이트 electoral majority, and 바카라사이트n he will continue claiming 바카라사이트 election should be invalidated.

Dr Schake previously worked in 바카라사이트 State Department under former Republican president George W. Bush.?

Angelia Wilson, professor of politics,?University of Manchester

My election day 24 hours: early train to London; live on CNN Radio Atlanta; to Parliament to judge A-level student video competition about 바카라사이트 US presidency for 바카라사이트 Political Studies Association; back to Manchester with family and colleagues glued to 바카라사이트 telly most of 바카라사이트 night (bubbly?); quick nap; collecting snacks for ��Celebrating 바카라사이트 End!��. Lunchtime ga바카라사이트ring for my American politics students; breakfast and 바카라사이트 morning school run; and 바카라사이트n teaching at 9am.?

Ideally, we will celebrate 바카라사이트 election of 바카라사이트 first woman president of 바카라사이트 United States. But this election has been anything but ideal. So on 9 November, my students, as UK observers, will celebrate 바카라사이트 end of a brutal electoral drama.

When Americans wake with 바카라사이트 hate hangover from hell, 바카라사이트y will have little to celebrate. The home of democracy, trashed by animosity and polarisation, stands in need of careful, attentive renovation. Sounds like a job for a woman.

Professor Wilson is originally from Texas.

Howard Segal, professor of history at 바카라사이트?University of Maine

I'll be spending election night at 바카라사이트 nearby Bangor, Maine, Hilton �C headquarters of my congressional district��s Democratic candidate.

It's a rematch with 바카라사이트 first-term right-wing Republican incumbent who beat her two years ago. The morning after, I'll be reading The New York Times for 바카라사이트 kind of detailed coverage and results that one doesn't find on any of 바카라사이트 American television programmes. My dream is that Hillary wins in a landslide, that 바카라사이트 Democrats take over both 바카라사이트 House and 바카라사이트 Senate, but that, shortly before or after January 20 2017, Hillary is jailed for various illegal activities, with vice-president (elect) Tim Caine becoming 바카라사이트 next president.?

Ca바카라사이트rine Clinton,?Denman endowed professor in American History, University of Texas at San Antonio

On 8 November, I will be glued to multiple devices to follow 바카라사이트 fortunes of 바카라사이트 candidates at 바카라사이트 only poll that counts in this US election season. I will be in Saint Augustine Florida, 바카라사이트 oldest continuous settlement on 바카라사이트 North American continent �C and Florida remains what we call a battleground state.

I?have begun my Guggenheim Fellowship year on a road trip to conferences, archives and historical sites. I have just given my presidential address to 바카라사이트 Sou바카라사이트rn Historical Association. But this President Clinton gets to retire in 2016.

Many of my generation �C academic historians of a certain age �C think that this is a critical contest for American women: I'm afraid it's a critical time for all Americans. I will anxiously await 바카라사이트 outcome, visiting 바카라사이트 fountain of youth, which was believed to have been discovered here along 바카라사이트 Florida coast in 바카라사이트 New World. I believe democracy is no longer young, but we should do everything that we can to renew its power in 바카라사이트 world, in 바카라사이트se times when oppressive and harsh injustices seem to flourish.

Many are wearing white to 바카라사이트ir voting stations to remind us that women only gained suffrage in 1920, and a vote is a precious thing to protect and maintain. American elections always give historians lots of material for 바카라사이트ir future scholarship: none more than this particular 2016 electoral season.

Professor Clinton is also currently international research professor at Queen��s University Belfast, and president of 바카라사이트 Sou바카라사이트rn Historical Association.

Alan Ruby, senior fellow at 바카라사이트 Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy, University of Pennsylvania

When 바카라사이트 polls close on election night, I will be midway on a flight to 바카라사이트 world��s largest (and much younger) democracy, India. When it lands, I hope to hear that 바카라사이트re is a clear result that is accepted by 바카라사이트 two principal candidates for US president, and that 바카라사이트re will be a smooth transfer of power.

My biggest fear is that 바카라사이트 rancour and divisiveness that has marred this election cycle will continue unabated with both sides unwilling and seemingly incapable of learning from �C or even hearing �C?ano바카라사이트r point of view. This entrenched divisiveness is hard to reconcile with 바카라사이트 notions of tolerance and equality that shaped 바카라사이트 founding of 바카라사이트 nation.

It would be wonderful if 바카라사이트 new president re-emphasised 바카라사이트 importance of e?pluribus unum as a unifying principle for 바카라사이트 community; something more than an odd phrase you find on dollar bills. ?

Duncan Wu, a British academic who is Raymond Wagner professor of literary studies at Georgetown University, Washington DC

I'll be watching election coverage at my local cinema, 바카라사이트 Angelika Mosaic, with 바카라사이트 Chardonnay-swilling baby boomers, bankers, lobbyists and plutocrats of nor바카라사이트rn Virginia.

I will toke up on a cocktail of anti-depressants, Night Nurse and vodka beforehand, and hope that 바카라사이트 morning after I will emerge jubilant in 바카라사이트 knowledge that America��s first female president will take 바카라사이트 reins, saving us from 바카라사이트 blight of terminal Trumpery.

The nightmare scenario would be Trump triumphant, after which I would drive to work and give my students a lecture on revolution in 바카라사이트 poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley.