Election 2020

Taking you way back to November 13, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Show notes - It’s been a week:

 

-Friday the 13th - Oooooooo

 

-Tears of joy and relief

 

-The weeks that were

 

-My early voting experience

 

-Strangers congregating even during a pandemic

 

-After I voted

 

-Volunteering for campaigns (phone banking, text-banking, postcards)

 

-Vote tripling

 

-James Carville’s prediction

 

-Election Day

 

-Couldn’t accept a red mirage

 

-Heightened anxiety and disrupted sleep

 

-Future tripping

 

-Waiting for the counting

 

-24 hour networks news

 

-Trump shenanigans

 

-My reaction to Biden/Harris winning on November 7th

 

-Profound relief

 

-Social media and celebrations

 

-Back to the red mirage

 

-People I knew

 

-Deferring to experts

 

-Why I was still freaking out

 

-Arizona, Georgia

 

-Trump turnout

 

-What’s bad about social media

 

-November 3-7 (Freaking out to feeling ecstatic)

 

-More Trump shenanigans and a “coup”

 

-Transition team

 

-Chaos

 

-Ignoring Trump

 

-Conceding

 

-Exhaustion

 

-Words, actions, behaviors, policy

 

-Family separation

 

-Accountability

 

-Biden wasn’t my first choice

 

-Normalcy and trust

 

-Supporting democracy

 

-Doomscrolling

 

-Kamala Harris

 

-COVID-19 and the environment 

 

-Biden’s life story

 

-Dr. Jill Biden

 

-Difference between Biden in 2016 and Biden now

 

-The United States and the pandemic

 

-Biden and the pandemic

 

-Not being a dictator 

 

-Trusted public figures

 

-Prevention

 

-Will mask wearing continue post-pandemic?

 

-Being sick sucks

 

-Dying sucks

 

-After effects of COVID-19

 

-High stakes

 

-The virus doesn’t care

 

-Getting information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, etc.)

 

-Don’t get your news from influencers

 

-Congratulations President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris

 

-Help is on the way (we just have to get through the rest of the year)

 

-Wear a mask, practice social distancing, wash your hands, don’t touch your face, listen to the experts (no rogues)

 

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