Austin, 64, a retired city planner from Durham, North Carolina, also has high expectations of Obama, who is "good too at getting a crowd worked up".
But strong performance also breeds high expectations.
Wotherspoon's teammate Mike Ireland also deflated high expectations by finishing 14th.
"They return with limited English and limited marketable skills, yet they also have high expectations," he said.
Terri Dye, the principal of Sherwood Elementary, said the trick was "understanding where the students come from but also having high expectations".
Democrats, who are within reach of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster in the Senate, would also face high expectations, especially from the party's more liberal quarters, that could be difficult to meet even with enhanced numbers in the Senate as well as the House.
By the same token, the IT firms suffer "negative sticker shock", when they learn the prices Indian customers are prepared to pay, according to Girish Paranjpe, co-chief executive of Wipro.Indian customers may demand low prices, but they also hold high expectations.
They also had high expectations for their pupils, setting them stringent targets.
Gamers aren't simply retro-crazy, they also have high expectations about details and quality, a community management challenge that all these crowdfunded designers with passionate, persnickety players will now have to manage.
