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milestogo

(16,829 posts)
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 09:46 PM Oct 2020

On a scale of 1 to 10 how much anxiety do you have about the upcoming election?


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1
6 (7%)
3
4 (5%)
5
6 (7%)
7
11 (14%)
10
35 (43%)
100
2 (2%)
2,396
0 (0%)
4,856,342
4 (5%)
Infinity
8 (10%)
OTHER
5 (6%)
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On a scale of 1 to 10 how much anxiety do you have about the upcoming election? (Original Post) milestogo Oct 2020 OP
You are missing some numbers. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #1
I figured there would be more people off scale than within the given scale. milestogo Oct 2020 #5
the more people that see the current results at 10 Karma13612 Oct 2020 #28
270 soothsayer Oct 2020 #2
Good one. dchill Oct 2020 #4
THIS! Dave in VA Oct 2020 #6
Other: Actually at about 6 right now. dchill Oct 2020 #3
What if we are bi-polar? BootinUp Oct 2020 #7
You can be dweller Oct 2020 #11
Does that mean voting in two polls? milestogo Oct 2020 #14
It's like schroedinger's (sp) cat BootinUp Oct 2020 #16
schroedinger's voter. mopinko Oct 2020 #31
Worried, but hopeful. cwydro Oct 2020 #8
that is what bdamomma Oct 2020 #13
My vote is in. cwydro Oct 2020 #33
8 dweller Oct 2020 #9
Not very clear, perhaps in my feeble state...10 is the highest level of fear, 1 is the lowest? SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #10
+1 crickets Oct 2020 #17
Confident. BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #12
I cant stand the thought of 4 more yrs 9f tRump Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #15
Zero. betsuni Oct 2020 #18
It's after the election I worry about. Midnight Writer Oct 2020 #19
Other... regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #20
We should try and factor in tonight's Rachel influence empedocles Oct 2020 #21
She is hyped up. milestogo Oct 2020 #34
Tonight's news about the Trickbot and its implication for election Was disastrous lostnfound Oct 2020 #37
I voted 4,856,342... Marie Marie Oct 2020 #22
+ a brazillion milestogo Oct 2020 #24
Voted 1. It will be what it will be. All out of my control. Kaleva Oct 2020 #23
4 more years of Trump? I won't go there. My brain would explode. Doodley Oct 2020 #25
I'm so upset most nights my dog is freaking out Chili Oct 2020 #26
My head says Biden should win, but still quite nervous mvd Oct 2020 #27
Thats a great analysis. Karma13612 Oct 2020 #29
It is impossible to judge from my view point in eastern Ohio. From what I see here in Ohio, PA and doc03 Oct 2020 #30
eleventy Stinky The Clown Oct 2020 #32
I am at a 10 CozyMystery Oct 2020 #35
Where's 11? crimycarny Oct 2020 #36
After 2016 UCmeNdc Oct 2020 #38

Karma13612

(4,552 posts)
28. the more people that see the current results at 10
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 10:56 PM
Oct 2020

The more people congregate to that result.

I have answered surveys on other political sites where you don’t see the tally until after you place your vote. So, you are not swayed to vote a certain way.

I voted for “other“ because it depends on the time of day, my level of fatigue, my blood sugar level, Etc. I am normally at full blown anxiety (infinity) and then I read a great news story and feel a lot better (maybe a 4 on the anxiety meter).

bdamomma

(63,852 posts)
13. that is what
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 10:00 PM
Oct 2020

this POS TRump wants us to think, do not have faith in anything especially in voting. Don't let them do it.

They hate our power that's why all the voter suppression.

SWBTATTReg

(22,129 posts)
10. Not very clear, perhaps in my feeble state...10 is the highest level of fear, 1 is the lowest?
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 09:55 PM
Oct 2020

I have confidence. The energy is out there definitely this time around. I can sense it everywhere (the Biden energy)...thus, I have a calmness that has descended upon me and what a feeling. Of course it'll be nice to have the numbers confirmed on election day, but I know what's going to happen...poll after poll after poll, literally thousands of them, have ranked our candidate up there. Our candidate, Mr. Biden has been doing all of the right stuff. The POS in the WH, on the other hand, well, I don't need to say anymore about his 'performance'...pathetic at the least.

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
20. Other...
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 10:20 PM
Oct 2020

On whether Trump will win the popular vote: 1

On whether Trump will lose the popular vote and win the electoral college fairly: 4

On whether Biden will win the popular vote, but enough mail-in votes will be invalidated in enough states that Trump wins the electoral college: 8

On whether the Supreme Court steps in in some utterly illegitimate way after the fact to give Trump the victory: 10

lostnfound

(16,179 posts)
37. Tonight's news about the Trickbot and its implication for election Was disastrous
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 03:31 AM
Oct 2020

For my anxiety level

Chili

(1,725 posts)
26. I'm so upset most nights my dog is freaking out
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 10:46 PM
Oct 2020

She's very sensitive. My other girl could care less, and the cats just ignore it. But my sweet 11-year-old jumps every time I say "goddamit!" or even just "WTF!" Poor baby, I try to calm her, but I've made her a wreck.

I tell her gently in her ear, "just 5 more days, my love, 5 more days..."

mvd

(65,174 posts)
27. My head says Biden should win, but still quite nervous
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 10:50 PM
Oct 2020

So much is at stake! I would say a 9 for me.

Karma13612

(4,552 posts)
29. Thats a great analysis.
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 11:00 PM
Oct 2020

I said “other” because it varies on so many criteria.

I am so scared we are going to lose.
But, the stats look great.

I am not sure what I will do if we have to face 4 more years. But, it will also be horrible if we have Biden but a republican Senate.

Sometimes I can’t get my deep breath.

doc03

(35,340 posts)
30. It is impossible to judge from my view point in eastern Ohio. From what I see here in Ohio, PA and
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 11:02 PM
Oct 2020

WV it looks like Trump will win. I just hope people in the urban areas can offset the Trump voters here. The Trump
voters are much more motivated than Democrats. All I see is Trump signs flags and every weekend there is a caravan of Trumpers.
Then I see at what lengths Trump is going to to suppress and not count the vote. I am definitely at 10.

CozyMystery

(652 posts)
35. I am at a 10
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 11:55 PM
Oct 2020

Still remember last time, still can't believe tRump won. Still can't get over how anyone can support him. Still can't believe what has happened in the last 4 years.

ETA Well, can believe it, I just can't wrap my mind around how the worst president ever is in charge of the country.

Biden is clearly the very best choice.

crimycarny

(1,351 posts)
36. Where's 11?
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 01:22 AM
Oct 2020

Shades of Spinal Tap. Man, what heaven it must be to be one of those “cup is half full” personality types.

The Nation needs a healer right now and I think Joe Biden, with all the pain he’s had to overcome in his life, has made him the perfect candidate to guide this Nation through some of its darkest times.

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