Election Night Anxiety

I don’t seek out the news, but it comes to me anyway. It’s the music I listen to on my way to school, a cadence of words in a British accent weaving a tune of numbers and votes, politics and policies. The silent morning air becomes filled up from the sound of the radio with only the whir of rubber wheels on concrete to serve as a backdrop. Radio waves turn to the chatter of students in the h...

I was refreshing the internet every second I could to see who would be the first to 270 electoral votes. Would it be Donald Trump or Joe Biden? My election anxieties were through the roof as I awaited to see who would be the next president of our nation. I was never really interested in politics until this year because it all just seemed too boring and confusing for me. The quarantine time perio...

So far, Joe Biden has won the election. This election was very different from past elections. It has been a long week of never ending news. This year obviously has not been the easiest with the coronavirus being a big part of the challenge. I understand that there are people in America who need to be very careful, and they might have to mail in their ballots. But if you can go to the grocery store ...