{"id":1670,"date":"2024-11-08T13:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:51:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:51:33","slug":"anxiety-sandwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/2024\/11\/08\/anxiety-sandwich\/","title":{"rendered":"An Anxiety Sandwich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jersey Mike’s on Election Day<\/h4>\n\n\n
Shelby Helton and Sydney Seymour<\/div>\n\n\n

Election Day 2:25 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tucked away in the corner, a girl looked up from the brim of her MAGA hat and before looking back down at her food, said she was \u201cjust eating lunch with her brother,\u201d declining to comment on Election Day. Her brother also decided he was not interested in commenting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Jersey Mikes on 13th Avenue, the University of Oregon\u2019s closest off-campus sandwich shop, election anxiety infiltrated the joint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Folding her hands nervously in her apron, shift lead Nafisch Timmons, who has worked at Jersey Mike\u2019s for two years, said, \u201cEither outcome I’m worried about. I understand that Trump is the worst outcome, but also the Democratic Party hasn’t helped enough, and I’m just wishing for the best to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another shift lead, Bandy Nagel, let out a laugh when she claimed to be opinionated about the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After emphasizing she was stressed, she said, \u201cI’m a single mom, and I\u2019m feeling very insecure about Trump’s 2025 plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To cope with her election anxiety, Nagel thinks about her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI’m just thinking about the fact that I’m gonna go home to my kid, and no matter what happens, I have my baby to go home to,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also advised other people with election anxiety to lean on their family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLean on anyone that supports you, stick close to them, and honestly, they’re all that matters right now,\u201d Nagel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally from Texas, UO student Eleanor Wilson, while eating her lunch, said she was terrified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s very hit or miss with my friends back home. That\u2019s made a lot of friendships back home a little difficult because I just can’t be friends with certain people who don’t believe in human rights,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After eating sandwiches with her friend Grace Craven, Cat Borowsky said she feels \u201ccautiously optimistic, but also kind of terrified. It\u2019s the only thing I\u2019ve thought about since I woke up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both friends considered themselves \u201cvocal\u201d about the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI’m feeling a little bit crazed and nervous,\u201d Craven said. \u201cI want to be optimistic, but it’s hard, because I live in a bubble of people that have voted the same way that I have, or that have voted at all. I’m worried that a lot of other people haven’t voted, and in my eyes, that’s a vote for the wrong party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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