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YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:16 AM Nov 2018

Is anybody else just relieved that election day is finally here?

I've been more and more nervous over the weekend into yesterday.

I loved the polls moving in our direction, loved the number of first time voters and young voters, but there was still this knot in my gut.

I feel better today. The day has arrived, I can go do something about the Orange Menace.

I can vote.

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Is anybody else just relieved that election day is finally here? (Original Post) YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 OP
Yes, I am glad to have my voice heard, and also to not have to see any more ads redstatebluegirl Nov 2018 #1
I can't get over the fear that this will not go as we wish katmondoo Nov 2018 #2
I feel the same. I won't be able to really relax until all the votes are counted. Arkansas Granny Nov 2018 #4
Count me in. old guy Nov 2018 #3
Yes! Johnny2X2X Nov 2018 #5
Yeah, voted by mail two weeks ago... Wounded Bear Nov 2018 #6
Yes, I stayed calm and practiced patience. vlyons Nov 2018 #7
A *long* day, glad it's here, but the relief will be when the results are final!1 UTUSN Nov 2018 #8
Yes. It's a chance to stick it to trump and GOPers. Hoyt Nov 2018 #9
I'm releived. rsdsharp Nov 2018 #10
K&R, uponit7771 Nov 2018 #11
The end of political advertisements!!!!! tavernier Nov 2018 #12

katmondoo

(6,455 posts)
2. I can't get over the fear that this will not go as we wish
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:21 AM
Nov 2018

I still have the memory of the coup in 2016, I was in tears for days.

Johnny2X2X

(19,060 posts)
5. Yes!
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:33 AM
Nov 2018

Very relieved and excited. Also thankful I don't have to see ads on TV anymore. The GOP ads this weekend and yesterday took a much more aggressive and dark turn here in MI.

For attorney general they called the Dem candidate a child molester, literally. Because she worked for a law firm that had once argued on behalf of someone trying to remove their name from the sex offender registry.

rsdsharp

(9,169 posts)
10. I'm releived.
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 12:51 PM
Nov 2018

I live in Iowa. I hope we have a new governor, take back the state house and elect 4 democratic representative to Congress.

But whatever the outcome, I'm looking forward to seed corn commercials tomorrow. It should be at least 3-4 months before the 2020 caucus ads start up.

tavernier

(12,382 posts)
12. The end of political advertisements!!!!!
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:43 PM
Nov 2018

I could feel my IQ dropping a point every time they came on. I was praying for an end while I still knew how to tie my shoes!

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