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If you add in alllllll the snacks along with the pacing and booze that's pretty much where I'll be at.

I will be up late for sure!

I'm not expecting to see final results tonight but I'll stay up a little later than normal. I envision a lot of swearing, pacing and Halloween candy.

Pasta, chips and wine.

Working from home with a cocktail or two (shhhh) and all the snacks.

I chose alcohol but will take a break from watching coverage to watch an episode of Schitts creek

I'm so stressed.... Bring on more wine!

@JennyPenny: not coping. Not coping at all.

@JennyPenny: Better than last night! Seeing what's going on in Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Nevada has changed my mood for the better. Definitely not over yet either way, though. It's funny, because I've been reading for weeks, "Don't despair on election night, we won't have a result then, it will also trend red because of absentee ballots needing to be counted" etc., but in practice it's hard!

@Mrs. Carrot: this this this. I think there is still a chance that Biden will win (at least that's what I'm holding on to). But I can't fathom how the race was so close. How are so many people supporting Trump after the last four years? How can our country possibly move forward, no matter who wins.

@Mrs. Carrot: yes this ... I really wanted to believe more people didn’t support what he’s about. Also sad the senate is not looking good so it’ll likely be years of deadlock on meaningful change.
I’m from Michigan and while it’s disappointing it’ll likely be only a narrow Biden win there, I’ll still be proud they flipped back.

@catgirl: I felt the same way for awhile this morning. I’ll say I’m not liberal at all but I don’t like Trump and what he is doing to our institutions. But I read an article about exit polls - contrary to how it feels, people aren’t driven to vote for Trump - they are voting Republican based upon the platforms. Edited to correct that the number was 25% voted based on personality - 75% on issues. So this isn’t a referendum on Trump - that could be misleading. (Well not for 75% of the republican voters - the other 25% who like Trumps personality scare me).

What we need to do is learn (again) to talk politics civilly with people we disagree with. That doesn’t mean bashing those who voted for one candidate or another. I am hoping for a Biden presidency not because I will agree with his policies (I probably won’t on many) because it should mean a return to civility between Americans.

@foodiebee: I think it was on cnn’s website but I could be wrong. It was abortion, the Supreme Court. I think it stated something else as to why people voted for Trump but I don’t remember at the moment.

@codeitall: it wasn’t that article but it was definitely similar. It’s the only thing that helped me understand where we are today.

@Mrs. Carrot: There are, unfortunately, a lot of people who have drunk the Kool-Aid and are going to reject anything that challenges the Fox News narrative and lies that spew from the president. For example I had a fervent discussion with DH’s aunt who is a cancer survivor last Christmas about pre-existing conditions and the fact that the Trump administration is actively trying to overturn the ACA. She believes he’s going to enact something on pre-existing conditions because “nobody wants that to go away” and he says he has a plan. But also believes Obamacare has to go because “it’s a disaster” and her premiums still go up every year.

If there’s one silver lining I feel like Clinton’s loss was less gender based than I did four years ago. Which makes me hopeful that the US might someday elect a woman.

I am also really surprised by how well incumbents did overall in this garbage fire of a year. Especially Susan Collins.

@JennyPenny: Agreed. Not really surprised this time around, after the last four years. And to be fair, depending on how PA and GA go, it may not end up *that* close. The electoral college situation makes it seem worse (as usual). Biden would also be overcoming the typically significant incumbent advantage.