"Oh my god, I just realized that Donald Trump could become the actual president," Fusion's Kevin Roose, who doesn't normally cover politics, wrote Tuesday night after Trump won the New Hampshire Republican primary. A lot of people had the same realization on Tuesday and Wednesday. I got an interesting Facebook message tonight from a childhood friend I haven't heard from in years: pic.twitter.com/pDHNumkS1u— NickBaumann (@NickBaumann) February 10, 2016 Donald Trump might actually be president — Jo (@queen_tiye) February 10, 2016 Idk what's scarier; graduating in 2 months or the fact that Donald Trump actually has a chance of being our President— Elle Johnson (@elle_kate12) February 10, 2016 I just realized Donald Trump is running for President for real— Dave Greten (@GretenDave) February 10, 2016 (There are lots more tweets like this.) Polling from previous elections backs up the idea that a decent chunk of Americans are about to start paying more attention to the presidential race.