I am so afraid to feel any optimism, and after 2016 I've avoided looking too hard at any predictions/polls/clairvoyant octopods in case I accidentally see some good news. This is an incredibly normal and healthy way to feel for 8 years hashtag everything is fine.

I will be spending tomorrow evening at a friend's house watching the returns come in while we stress-eat cheese and crackers together and listen to our 8th graders make snarky commentary in the background. I have already sent this link to my boss in case coming to work Nov 6 turns out to be a no-go.

My gut is telling me Trump is going to win, which is where my gut was in 2016.

Pretty sure you also said this in 2020, fwiw.

I’m trying not to be superstitious and trying to remember that my anxiety isn’t going to change anything. And that I’m not going to jinx anything by being optimistic.

Hah i may need to send that link to a few of my colleagues as well. Sadly I have a bunch of important meetings Thursdays that I have to do the research and agendas for on Wednesday so I can’t completely shut down. But I do not think I’ll be getting 8 hours in.

I'm mindfully trying to let go of trying to predict. I'm going more and more into news blackout mode to preserve my ability to function.

I’m trying not to be superstitious and trying to remember that my anxiety isn’t going to change anything. And that I’m not going to jinx anything by being optimistic.

All of this.

The past few days, I found I could convince myself of either outcome.

I kept having to remind myself that it is the electoral college that matters.

I fear that neither party will concede on Nov. 6th, there will be court challenges galore, and nothing will be decided until January.

Popcorn is no solace.

I fear that neither party will concede on Nov. 6th

The 2020 election didn't get officially called until the Saturday after the election. I'm not expecting anything different this year.

(Okay, I am secretly hoping for a blue wave so overwhelming that I can just go to bed at 10 pm tomorrow night, regardless of whether Trump concedes, because fuck him. Candidates aren't legally required to concede anyway; if the loser doesn't officially concede/make a concession speech/whatever, it doesn't change anything about the outcome of the election or the winning candidate's plans moving forward.)

Pretty sure you also said this in 2020, fwiw.

May just be natural pessimism.

It feels hard to be optimistic. I do like "nauseously optimistic."

I’m avoiding polls. I’m off tomorrow, but I started a deep clean this weekend, so the plan is to continue that.

I don’t want to work on most days, but today few people are in and waves hands at world - I just feel it’s more and more ridiculous to expect solid consistent work from people.

I'm off tomorrow. I wish I was off Wed. Depending on how things go.

I will say that I haven't seen a lot of Trump signs out. Which doesn't mean people aren't going to vote for him but it doesn't seem that there is the enthusiasm for him like there was.

I haven't seen a lot of Harris signs either but that is expected.

Not just road signs but I haven't seen any trucks with Trump flags attached or things like that which I had seen in the last election.

Got lots of Trump signs here and flags and banners and a Humvee painted like an American flag with a big Trump sign, but this is a deep-red county where Trump won in 2020 by 38 points. There are a few Harris signs about too, though.