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Dr. Jack

(675 posts)
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:19 AM Nov 2020

Is anyone else strangely calm today?

Unlike election day 2016, where I was a nervous wreck all day, I feel oddly calm and unconcerned today. In fact it is the most at ease and optimistic I have been on an election day since 2008. I'm aware Trump isn't 100% guaranteed to lose and that the stakes are insanely high but I'm just not that worried about it. Hopefully I'm not in denial and reality won't hit me square between the eyes tonight but I just don't feel like there really is much of a chance of is losing tonight.

Some might say "remember 2016!" but I wasn't one of those people who though Hillary had it in the bag (were there people who actually thought that?). It felt like it was going to come down to the wire and while I felt Hillary was more likely to win than not, I certainly wasn't calm or confident on election day. But today, I'm at like a 3 out of 10 in terms of stress. A bit of excitement over such a big day but not the least bit anxious.

I guess I am wondering, how's everyone else feeling? Is anyone else just in typical Tuesday morning mood or am I alone in that regard?

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Is anyone else strangely calm today? (Original Post) Dr. Jack Nov 2020 OP
Only on the outside nt FBaggins Nov 2020 #1
Nope BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #2
2016 has no relationship to 2020 and I feel sorry for all thosewho handwring about it beachbumbob Nov 2020 #3
Excited to 86 45! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #4
Well, I didn't sleep well but I think it was all the unsweetened iced tea that I drank late. CentralMass Nov 2020 #5
I've been calm for sometime now. Kaleva Nov 2020 #6
For me, PatSeg Nov 2020 #7
No Rice4VP Nov 2020 #8
Kinda, on and off.. Maxheader Nov 2020 #9
I am feeling more calm this morning than I have in 4 years. Freedomofspeech Nov 2020 #10
Yes, actually, but who knows about later in the day. Afromania Nov 2020 #11
I'm nervous as a cat soothsayer Nov 2020 #12
Yes, I am. Though on election day in 2016, I was fairly calm until the weird returns came in LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #13
Well, I couldn't be more alert (despite sleeping poorly) than if I'd just had a hit of cocaine. hlthe2b Nov 2020 #14
Unfortunately, no. I have PTSD from the 2016 election. patricia92243 Nov 2020 #15
2016 I was naive. this year confident. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #16
Not me. Happy Hoosier Nov 2020 #17
Not typical Tuesday, but calm. Jirel Nov 2020 #18
I've been strangely calm up until last night mtnsnake Nov 2020 #19
It was 100% guaranteed Obama would win in 2008 (economy, war, Palin, Republicans deeply unpopular). betsuni Nov 2020 #20
No, I'm over here shitting myself with every Wasserman report that says... SKKY Nov 2020 #21
Uh uh. Heart racing. All the coffee doesn't help either. n/t zackymilly Nov 2020 #22
I am having waves of calm and waves of panic! logosoco Nov 2020 #23

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,202 posts)
2. Nope
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:21 AM
Nov 2020

I am not calm. I wish I were, but so be it. I simply do not trust the Trump administration and Republicans, and am dismayed by Americans that still support Trump. It doesn't help that I currently live in a totally red county just outside Chicago.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
3. 2016 has no relationship to 2020 and I feel sorry for all thosewho handwring about it
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:21 AM
Nov 2020

If we all vote and the votes are counted, this is a massive landslide. We will KNOW the direction by 8pm CST with the vote dumps out of florida, NC. Georgia, and Ohio

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)
5. Well, I didn't sleep well but I think it was all the unsweetened iced tea that I drank late.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:23 AM
Nov 2020

I'd say that I won't be comfortable until Joe Biden is declared the winner.

Kaleva

(36,146 posts)
6. I've been calm for sometime now.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:23 AM
Nov 2020

I'm going to be spending a good chuck of the day doing outside projects as it's supposed to hit 60. By 4ish, I'll be here at DU and lurking at FR.

PatSeg

(46,788 posts)
7. For me,
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:24 AM
Nov 2020

I guess it is knowing that there is nothing else I can do, so in a sense that is rather calming. The past couple of weeks, I've been 99.9% certain that Joe will win and probably win big, but of course, that pesky little .1% periodically pops up trying to throw me off.

Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
9. Kinda, on and off..
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:27 AM
Nov 2020

Or it could be the clonidine..

But seriously, I am feeling pretty good and I hope Joe kicks the yellow haired #$%#$ 's ass...







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hlthe2b

(101,713 posts)
14. Well, I couldn't be more alert (despite sleeping poorly) than if I'd just had a hit of cocaine.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:43 AM
Nov 2020

So, I'd guess there is some underlying stress pumping the adrenaline.

Happy Hoosier

(7,073 posts)
17. Not me.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:53 AM
Nov 2020

I’m a mess. I feel like this is it. We either emerge from our flirtation with autocracy, or we embrace it, and The America we imagined could exist never will be.

Chris Hayes said it last night. This is like waiting for the results of a biopsy. Even if the chances are only 10 percent of bad news, that 10 percent is real. And the consequences are devastating.

Jirel

(1,989 posts)
18. Not typical Tuesday, but calm.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:56 AM
Nov 2020

I don’t think there’s anything weird about it. 4 years ago, we had trepidation that this obscenity might become POsTUS, and our worries got blown away by the reality of the past 4 years. Hillary was trending downward just before Election Day, and lots of people were staying home. A new breed of violent, hateful cult members was being astroturfed. Of course we were worried.

Today, we know what’s happening. Joe is trending upward. The obscenity is flailing. There’s a campaign that is stocked with people who have studied the 2016 problems and are bound and determined to not repeat. We know that victory means likely almost 3 months of insanity in D.C. and hate crimes everywhere. Many of us are expecting to be in the streets and/or protecting our homes, and we’ve prepped for that. Regardless, there is nothing we can do at this point but wait. We’re poll watching for disruption from the taliban in their pickup trucks, offering rides, whatever we can do. But yeah - it’s a much more normal day full of hope for a much more normal and rational 4 years.

mtnsnake

(22,236 posts)
19. I've been strangely calm up until last night
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 10:04 AM
Nov 2020

but now the nervousness has really set in. After all we've been through, after all we've seen happen with this incredibly corrupt asshole and his minions, now that this day is finally here I just can't rest easy, and I won't rest easy until I'm sure that Trump and/or Russia hasn't put the "fix" on this election.

betsuni

(25,122 posts)
20. It was 100% guaranteed Obama would win in 2008 (economy, war, Palin, Republicans deeply unpopular).
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 10:13 AM
Nov 2020

Still, when he won I turned into Oprah and burst into tears. Then five minutes later got depressed because I knew everybody would blame him for Republican fuck-ups because that's what always happens to Democrats.

Economy was okay in 2016 but Republican voters thought unemployment, deficit, regulations and taxes were up because that's what they heard from right-wing media bubble. Then the opposite the moment Trump was inaugurated. No wonder they vote for him because they think the economy is great.

Biden/Harris will win. They only question is whether Democrats are blamed for Republican fuck-ups in their first two years. I feel more optimistic this time, but expect attacks immediately.




SKKY

(11,771 posts)
21. No, I'm over here shitting myself with every Wasserman report that says...
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 10:17 AM
Nov 2020

....we're being out voted in FL. Other than that, yea. Chill.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
23. I am having waves of calm and waves of panic!
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 10:21 AM
Nov 2020

So much tension, between the election and the pandemic!

But the weather is amazing for this time of year where i am!

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