# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 204
**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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514)._