{"id":1666,"date":"2024-11-08T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:58:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:58:37","slug":"sparks-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/2024\/11\/08\/sparks-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Locals Reflect on Presidential Election, Sparks Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jess Coronado Anna Field and Peiyu Li<\/div>\n\n\n

Election Day 2:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vincent Moore was unchaining his bike in front of Market of Choice on Franklin Boulevard when he expressed his support for presidential candidate Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think Kamala Harris is a fine candidate,\u201d Moore said. \u201cIf she gets elected, I am happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moore described having feelings of anxiety over what would happen for both possibilities of the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is a lot of fear about what happens if Trump is elected. Even if Trump loses, it\u2019s likely he will contest it, and then that\u2019s going to trigger a multi-month process of lawsuits. The worst case scenario is a civil war,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madison, a Starbucks barista, echoed those feelings of nervousness. She said, \u201cIt\u2019s a big turning point for our country. There are a lot of major decisions to come, and I can\u2019t really see where it\u2019s going to go until that decision is made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most important issues to Madison is women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking about the concerns of a middle-aged man, Mark Rich, walking on Franklin Boulevard, said, \u201cWomen\u2019s rights and cost of living are very important. Economically, we\u2019re at a crossroads. Homes are too expensive now, and we have to do something to solve that problem and to build homes that are affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is probably the most consequential election in the history of our country,\u201d Rich expressed his concerns about current events. \u201cI think there\u2019s going to be a lot of rioting and a lot of negativity and a lot of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To deal with anxiety from the possible rioting, Rich tries to meditate and give himself some time. \u201cI don\u2019t do anything about it,\u201d Moore said. \u201cI just steep myself in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In dealing with election anxiety, Madison is relying on her support system. \u201cI guess I texted my mom a little bit earlier and let her know I’m a little nervous about today. I’m a little on edge. I don’t say, but just talking to my peers and my family and, yeah, getting support that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Election Day 2:00 p.m. Vincent Moore was unchaining his bike in front of Market of Choice on Franklin Boulevard when he expressed his support for presidential candidate Kamala Harris. \u201cI think Kamala Harris is a fine candidate,\u201d Moore said. \u201cIf she gets elected, I am happy with that.\u201d Moore described having feelings of anxiety over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":1668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","pmpro_default_level":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"top_category":[],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","pmpro-has-access"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-08-at-1.42.49\u202fPM.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Jess Coronado Anna Field and Peiyu Li","author_link":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/author\/jess-coronado-anna-field-and-peiyu-li\/"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-08-at-1.42.49\u202fPM.png","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"top_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/top_category?post=1666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}