As president-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office today in Washington, D.C., Butler County residents who both supported and opposed him in November shared their hopes and concerns for the new administration.

And like the rest of America, Butler County residents — who went overwhelmingly for Trump last November — have mixed feelings about how well he will do over the next four years. Many voters said they believe Trump's business experience would prove to be a good thing for the country. But others also expressed concerns about Trump's willingness to lash out on social media platforms like Twitter, as well as his ability to deliver on the promises he made on the campaign trail.

Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Croup of Butler is a junior at Point Park University, where he's studying journalism. This presidential election was his first, Croup said.

“I think the excitement over this election was something that was encouraging,” he said. “I think it's good that my generation and the entire country was out there and engaged.”

But Croup also believes the Trump administration will have to confront substantial issues in its first 100 days — among them a sharp partisan divide in Washington and its own lack of experience when it comes to governing.

For Croup the big concerns over the next four years will be education, national security and making sure Trump respects the American tradition of a free press.

“As a young journalist it does make me a little nervous seeing how distrust in the media has progressed,” he said. “It's so critical to democracy to have a free press. I would rather see the president focus on the job he has to do rather than going after (the media).”

Joe and Faith Suto of Parker voted for Trump in November, and say they believe one of his first goals should be to follow through on promises to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. The Sutos blame the law for inflicting pain on small business owners.

“There's a lot of people suffering in the small business world,” Joe Suto said.

Pennsylvania was one of three states that helped lift Trump to an improbable electoral college victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton in November. And even voters who didn't support him say they believe he's got a chance to perform well while in office.

Janet McKain of Butler Township said she voted for Clinton, but hopes Trump's background as a real estate developer will help him during the next four years.

“I'm hoping that because he was good in business, that maybe his leadership in business will come through for the United States,” McKain said.

Trump's “anger” and his “aggressive” style during the campaign were still points of concern for Mc-Kain, but she remains optimistic that the president will become more “logical” once he takes office.

“Do I have some faith?” she said. “I think he'll do OK.”

Ben Clauser of Saxonburg also has concerns about Trump's style. In his view, Trump is “a bully” that doesn't respect or understand the office he now holds. Clauser hopes the new president can help the economy, but said he isn't optimistic about the country's prospects under a Trump administration.

“It seems like he wants to be a tyrant more than a president,” Clauser said. “If he can bring back jobs, that's great. But he can't tell businesses what to do.”

Having complex feelings about President Trump is a nationwide phenomenon these days. A Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Jan. 17 found that Trump entered office as the least-popular president-elect in at least four decades, but also showed that Americans are daring to believe he might hit the mark on many issues.

Roughly six in 10 people expect Trump to do an excellent or good job in handling the economy and creating jobs; and 56 percent said they believe he will do a good or excellent job of defeating the Islamic State and protecting the country from terrorism.

The country is evenly split over whether President Trump will properly handle the federal budget deficit and help middle class Americans, according to the poll.

But peoples' attitudes over whether Trump will help race relations and women's issues are decidedly negative, the poll found.

Arthur Magee of Grove City likes some of Trump's ideas: campaign promises on the economy and keeping jobs from going overseas resonated with him, Magee said. But Magee said he wasn't sure that the president could deliver on his promises, and viewed Trump — who campaigned as an outsider candidate — as just another politician.

“He's got a big mouth on him,” Magee said of Trump. “These politicians, they promise this and that and then they get into office and they don't do it.”

Others, like Anthony Williams of Butler, said they like Trump's confrontational style and don't believe life will change much with him in office.

“He's goofy. I kind of like him, it's different. He offends a lot of people,” Williams said.

Lee Hershall of Harmony said circumstances are set up to give Trump the best chance to succeed. But he worries that some accusations against him — such as Trump's supposed ties to Russia — might drag the new president down.

“I think he will do good if people give him a chance,” Hershall said. “We (the GOP) own the House and the Senate right now.”

Some Trump supporters are so convinced of his prowess that they're giving the new president credit for things he didn't even have a hand in.

“Trump has already raised the pay for the military,” said Austen Haug of Chicora, a Karns City High School graduate who plans to enlist in the U.S. Army.

Haug was referring to a 2.1 percent pay increase for soldiers that was included in the Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress in December.

Eagle staff writers Joe Genco, Aaron McKrell and Amerigo Allegretto contributed to this report.