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Election Day Traditions, Superstitions Run Gamut: 'Make Nachos, Drink Heavily' Election Day Traditions, Superstitions Run Gamut: 'Make Nachos, Drink Heavily'
Election Day Traditions, Superstitions Run Gamut: 'Make Nachos, Drink Heavily' After months of endless campaign ads, fundraising texts, rally speeches, and plenty of late-night TV fodder – who could forget, “They’re eating the dogs!!” – you’ve finally cast your ballot. Now what? If you’re like most politically minded Americans, you’ll be glued to wall-to-wall TV coverage, or constantly refreshing (doom scrolling?) your social media feed until a winner is finally projected in the presidential race. Spoiler alert: it could take days. And election-related stress is no joke: A majority of Democrats and Republicans said concern over the presidential race was spiking their …

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by Michael Mashburn
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey COVID-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey
Covid-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey Based on a survey of 20,000 worldwide conducted by the World Economic Forum, about three-quarters of people say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if one was available.  Among that 74 percent, 37 percent "strongly agree" that they will get a vaccine, while 37 percent somewhat agree.  In the United States, 67 percent of those polled would get an inoculation against COVID-19 if one were available. The most common concern amongst those who had trepidations about a vaccine were possible side effects.  Except for the U.S., all of the countries most willing to take a vaccine are t…

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by Christina Coulter
News
COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans 'Embarrassed' By Pandemic Response, New Poll Reveals COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans 'Embarrassed' By Pandemic Response, New Poll Reveals
Covid-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans 'Embarrassed' By Pandemic Response, New Poll Reveals More than half of Americans disapprove of the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak according to a new CNN poll, and a majority say they're "embarrassed" by the country's response.  CNN polled 1,108 individuals via telephone between Aug. 12 and Aug. 15. A disproportionate number of individuals living in 15 battleground states, 305, were included.  Thirty-one percent of those polled described themselves as Democrats, 27 percent identified as Republicans, and the rest were unaffiliated or a member of a third party. President Donald Trump could be doing more to c…

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by Christina Coulter