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Do you have any Election Day traditions or superstitions?
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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 anxiety levels, psychologist Vaile Wright told PBS Wisconsin.
“What we’re seeing from our most recent survey is that election stress is very real and very bipartisan,” she said.
That got this reporter thinking, what Election Day traditions or superstitions are people adhering to as they nervously await the results? Daily Voice found a few spread across Facebook, Reddit, and X:
- “In 2016 I fell asleep on the couch watching the results come in. Woke up to a nightmare. I don't fall asleep watching results anymore.”
- “I will be eating Taco Bell for a very important reason: I ate Taco Bell in 2012. Obama won.”
- “Drink heavily.”
- “Make nachos.”
- “Since 2016? Hide under the covers until daylight.”
- “Vote red.”
- “Vote for the soul of our nation. Vote blue.”
- “Don’t vote for socialism.”
- “Watch silly movies and watch the television on our laptops.”
- Walking in nature and working in my garden."
- “I like to crack a beer and enjoy the fact that I’ve already voted early.”
- And perhaps the best advice: “Try not to lose our minds.”
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