{"id":1431,"date":"2024-11-05T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2024-11-06T00:18:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:18:03","slug":"divided-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/2024\/11\/05\/divided-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee and concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Election Day 10:23 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emotions ran high at Espresso Roma surrounding today’s election. Roma, a popular student coffee shop, was filled with people quietly enjoying coffee and typing away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Straub compared this election to previous ones and noted the amount of division in politics now versus the past. \u201cPeople had more grace back then,” she said. My dad was governor of Oregon and they got along, Republicans and Democrats.\u201d The stress has gotten to Straub. \u201cI had a heart attack in January and I\u2019ve never done anything except worry about politics. The doctors thought that was a big part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iba Ngaemen, a civil rights investigator, plans on \u201cloosely\u201d following the election today by checking online statistics. \u201cI\u2019m fairly optimistic that the president I want to win is going to win, despite the polls,\u201d\u00a0 he said. \u201cI expect conservatives will lose their minds if they don\u2019t win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noah Whichett, a student at the University of Oregon, is worried about how divided the country seems. “We are supposed to be united as one under God,\u201d he said. Whichett said he won\u2019t watch the election tonight because he’ll find out eventually. Whichett and his friend Rhys Sayler were doing Bible study at the cafe. \u201cI think it’s a really important one. Maybe the most important one we have ever had with all the turmoil going on,\u201d said Whitchett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evyenia Kitssi, a customer, will be tuning in. She was hesitant to share her opinion of who she thought would be the next president. \u201cI really don\u2019t know; it\u2019s so close, and I don\u2019t want to jinx it. I\u2019m scared to say anything,\u201d she said. Either way, Kitssi predicts a strong public reaction. \u201cI just think people will be super passionate about it. Regardless of how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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