And it won’t even be over on Tuesday no matter who wins.

I just have to start distracting myself when it happens.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    54·
    23 days ago

    I honestly believed 2020 would be the end of it. I thought 4 years would be enough time to prosecute him for his crimes, and legally disqualify him from taking office again.

    That we’re back here, now, and it’s still too close to call, it makes me dread the future even if we win.

    • John Richard@lemmy.world
      521·
      23 days ago

      Why is it close though? Kamala was doing really well and was up in all the polls for some time. Did she make some bad decisions, like stated she’d help Israel continue with their genocide, paraded around with Liz Cheney while praising Dick Cheney, work heavily with Mark Cuban who then said Kamala will be very pro corporation and should fire Lina Khan?

  • Subtracty@lemmy.world
    28·
    23 days ago

    And it won’t even be over on Tuesday no matter who wins.

    I feel this part the most. Recent elections have obviously been chaos. But the dread of what could happen afterward has me stressed more than anything else. I’m looking forward to the political adds being over and all of the junk mail (I live in a swing state). But those are just noise compared to the potential social/economic fallout that feels like it’s looming in the distance.

  • SlippiHUD@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    23 days ago

    I’m hoping for good results on election night so I can unplug for a bit. I feel like I’m going have a heart attack most days.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      23 days ago

      I’m worried that even if Harris wins, it won’t be announced on election night. Remember 2020? It took several days for them to eventually call it. And then there was the whole multiple failed lawsuits and trying to overthrow the government thing on January 6th.

      My hope is that Harris wins. By a lot. A lot a lot. Like, Karl Rove demands Megan Kelly go to the election desk because he can’t believe it a lot.

  • Today@lemmy.world
    14·
    23 days ago

    I’m irritated with everyone lately and i know it’s partially due to my election anxiety. Well, that and my shitty boss.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
      7·
      23 days ago

      I know what it’s like to have a shitty boss, I’ve had way too many of them. It makes even what should be a great job a thing you don’t want to face every morning. So I’m sorry you have to put up with that.

  • AtomicHotSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    23 days ago

    I’ve been gnawing my nails off for a couple of months now, something I hadn’t done in almost 10 years. Politics and general world dumbfuckery are definitely high up in the list of causes.

  • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
    12·
    23 days ago

    Every fucking election is so stressful. I thought thing were awful in 2004. Rampant nationalism and war-mongering, “us vs them” Islamophobia, and still zero queer rights.

    Nope. Every four years its worse… I hate it so goddamn much.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    23 days ago

    Trying to mostly put it out of my mind. Have faith in the electorate, and all that jazz.

    If things go to shit, things go to shit. My panic isn’t going to change several thousand votes in a non-safe state short of self-immolation in front of the Washington Monument, and even then it’s dubious. So, just trying to survive until then, when the US electorate rewards my limited faith in them and delivers Harris a victory in the electoral college.

    If not? I’ve… made my peace with my eventual fate. Maybe I’ll make something of it. Either way, not really scared of death anymore. Que sera sera, at least insofar as my own fate is concerned.

  • Rolando@lemmy.world
    9·
    23 days ago

    If you’re in the US, don’t just distract yourself!

    • most states have early in-person voting already in progress: https://www.vote.org/early-voting-calendar/ Look up your info and do it!
    • then make a list of your friends and get them to do the same
    • go to the local campaign office and tell them you want to help! Most of them let you sign up online too. You don’t have to try to “sell” people, there are a lot of tasks like informing people of early voting, preparing canvassing packages, training to be a poll watcher, attending desks for outreach, etc. I’ve done several hours already and plan to do more.
    • if you are in a “battleground” state YOU CAN MAKE AN OBVIOUS IMPACT. But if you’re in a “noncompetitive” state you can make things better too – imagine a world in which Ted Cruz is kicked out of office, for example.

    I’m not really into partisan politics and I have a lot of personal obligations, but this time next week I want to know I did everything I could.

  • weariedfae@lemmy.world
    7·
    22 days ago

    I’ve been doing well at distracting myself but the closer it gets the more anxiety breaks through. This week has been rough with Internet and power outages, right now I’m in the dark on dial-up speed mobile data and crawling out of my skin.

    Because it’s not fucking okay. I’m not okay.

    One of our local races is just as important as the presidency, if not more so because a loss would shatter our blue bubble protections from the Cheeto.

    I’m so very very very very very worried.

  • NegativeNull@lemmy.world
    6·
    23 days ago

    I work for an organization likely to be directly targeted by Trump. I’m holding my breath right now for what that looks like. I’m lucky I live in a state that respects its population, so that’ll maybe blunt some impending problems.

  • nexguy@lemmy.world
    6·
    22 days ago

    I hold on to the thought that no matter what happens in this election Trump is out of the politics for good in 2028.