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The United States midterm elections were held on Nov. 3 and included national, statewide and local elections, as well as a lengthy list of California propositions. UC Santa Barbara students reacted to results in a variety of ways, including celebration and frustration. Isabel Hicks, a third-year political science major, speaking on Proposition 40 failing, said, “[it] was kind of disappointing because I feel like that was [so] obvious that [it] should have passed.” Proposition 40 was a ballot measure that proposed a one-time 5% tax on individuals with over $1 billion in assets. California voters shot down the proposition, with 52.8% voting no.

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