Many voters in Precinct 433 shared a general sentiment: Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been in office too long.

People walking out of the voting booth at Travis High School this afternoon voiced their opinions against the incumbent.

“Listening to Rick Perry, he seems to be disillusioned about the state of the government,” St. Edward’s University senior Daniel Kitchens said. “He seems to be a little naive even though he is the governor.”

While the national tide turned Republican, some Travis County voters expressed their support for the Democratic ticket, hoping some of the support that the party received in 2008 wouldn’t fade.

“It was important for me to vote democrat because I didn’t want the slight disappointment with Obama to make people want to vote Republican, especially with the Tea Partiers. I didn’t want it shifting back,” Kevin Navarro said.

St. Edward’s senior and self-proclaimed Republican Kassandra Perch said that she voted for Democratic Candidate Bill White because “Rick Perry went a little crazy.” Perch said he lost her support when he declined millions of dollars of federal money for the state’s unemployment trust fund.

Proposition 1, a $90 million bond for the improvement of roads, sidewalks, bike lanes and walkways in Austin, also brought people to the voting booth.

Kyle Overby, a 2009 St. Edward’s graduate voted for Proposition 1.

“One major problem in Austin is traffic,” Overby said. “It will make the city more healthy.”

Austin resident Moses West, who has traveled around the world, said that he also voted for Proposition 1.

“They tout it as a bike friendly city, and it’s not true,” West said. “[Austin] is one of the least bike friendly places I have lived.”

Proposition 1 will also provide for improving traffic signal synchronization, drainage systems, and acquiring land necessary to make these improvements.

As for how the results of today’s election will influence voting in 2012, voters had mixed feelings.

St. Edward’s University communications professor Billy Earnest said that today’s election reflects how Americans feel about President Barack Obama.

“It is a referendum on the President,” Earnest said. “If Republicans do well today it will help Democrats in 2012 because they won’t be able to say ‘put us back in.'”

Perch said that too many new voters register each year for this election to affect 2012 elections.

“The political landscape is changing all the time,” Perch said.