# How worried about the election are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 1, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514 "2020-11-01T23:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514/202 "2020-11-03T22:23:06Z")
As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m actually relieved that there’s going to be significant forward progress, and we can find out what we’ll have to deal with in the immediate and near future. ---
**Author:** ![Magdalenna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/magdalenna/32/6692_2.png) [@Magdalenna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magdalenna)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514/203 "2020-11-03T22:30:14Z")
I hope this is an ok segue and not a hijack - doesn’t need to be discussed, I just thought it was appropriate to the topic! > **[Anxious About Election Results? Here's What's Happening in Your Brain as You...](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/anxious-about-results-heres-whats-happening-your-brain-you-wait-180976191/)** > > Scientists are learning more about the neuroscience of awaiting uncertain outcomes ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514/204 "2020-11-03T22:40:45Z")
> [@Magdalenna](#): > > I hope this is an ok segue and not a hijack - doesn’t need to be discussed, I just thought it was appropriate to the topic! > > [Anxious About Election Results? Here's What's Happening in Your Brain as You Wait | Science| Smithsonian Magazine](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/anxious-about-results-heres-whats-happening-your-brain-you-wait-180976191/) Great article! It perfectly describes how I’ve been feeling lately, as I noted here: > [@Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/137): > > It’s almost 5:00 p.m. here on the east coast. I’ve been anticipating the election for so long that I’m sitting here at work worrying that I’ve forgotten something. Yes, I voted. I dropped off my absentee ballot over a week ago. The online checker for my state confirms that it was received, but that’s all they tell me. They don’t tell me if it was accepted or not. In retrospect, I kind of wish I’d waited to vote in person, but was worried about waiting to vote, too, in case there were any Elect… Yes, I’ve been [doomscrolling](https://www.wired.com/story/stop-doomscrolling/), too, alternating between worrying about the election and the pandemic. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514/205 "2020-11-08T04:04:34Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’m not that worried, but the wife seems petrified. But for me, I feel Biden will win. I don’t want to be overconfident, and I do realize it’s not 100%, but I think it will work out. See? Told ya. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514/206 "2020-11-08T04:16:11Z")
I believed ya, Sam! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514/207 "2020-11-08T04:23:22Z")
(well, except for that hour or so before I went to bed Tuesday night…) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514/208 "2020-11-08T06:07:55Z")
Amid the initial election night results, the wife was getting more nervous. She was starting to wonder if her getting US citizenship had been such a smart move after all. I counseled patience, and it paid off. Now she’s very proud at having participated in kicking out the fucker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514.md?page=10)