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class="pw-post-body-paragraph oo op ho hg b ih oq or os ik ot ou ov ow ox oy oz pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi hh fq">I’m both anxious about and hyper-focused on the election.</p><p id="2972" class="pw-post-body-paragraph oo op ho hg b ih oq or os ik ot ou ov ow ox oy oz pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi hh fq">I read all the election stories and updates I could find.</p><p id="c4ad" class="pw-post-body-paragraph oo op ho hg b ih oq or os ik ot ou ov ow ox oy oz pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi hh fq">I sought out podcast episodes hosted by soothing, reasonable-sounding hosts who promised to ‘explain’ the race and offer insight into the polling (there seemed to be two messages in the offing—<em class="pj">‘polling doesn’t matter’</em> and ‘<em class="pj">okay, now it DOES matter’</em>).</p><p id="469e" class="pw-post-body-paragraph oo op ho hg b ih oq or os ik ot ou ov ow ox oy oz pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi hh fq">I even keep my television tuned to a news station daily, keeping it on in the background 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