So, what are your plans for Election Day?

[Polybius]

I took off work (and also the following morning), like I do every even-year election. I plan on getting up late (around noon), because I know I will be up all night watching the news and results.

So after getting up and maybe making some coffee, I'll probably spend a couple of hours here on DU on my main desktop PC, while opening up multiple tabs in Chrome to read about election news from various news sources. After I do that, I will jump in the shower, and then drive 5 minutes to vote. There usually isn't a long line where I vote (last time there was it was 2012). I'll come back home make sure my MacBook is well charged.

Then I'll watch some TV in the living room, switching channels between CNN and MSNBC. A small amount of Fox too, to see what they are spewing.

Right before 7:00, the charged MacBook comes in the living room and I start going back and forth between TV and DU. This is when some polls start closing here on the East Coast. Around 7:30 I order food. If I'm lucky, it comes by 8:15. I shut the MacBook and watch TV while I eat.

Around 9 or 10 I make myself a mixed drink of Red Bull and vodka. I never drink Red Bulls except when I have to stay up, which is pretty much only Election Day.

And the rest of the night will be more of the same, switching channels, DU, and maybe even a YouTube live stream. How many drinks will I have? Well, that depends on the results.

So, what are your plans this Tuesday?

[hlthe2b]

1. I will plan on reducing stress with a long late night walk with the pup (and maybe a small flask of

wine (LOL) to warm me up a bit (T overnights projected in the 30s). Mostly work otherwise so that there will be some considerable distraction to avoid any OCD--although if someone changes their mind at the last minute about working in my place, I just might be attached to the boob tube at home.

[lindysalsagal]

2. I'm a poll observer for the dems. Doing an online watch party at night after I vote.

[we can do it]

3. Opening shift Voter Protection Hotline.

Do my physical therapy, avoid tv as much as possible.

[Pete Ross Junior]

4. Already voted, so nothing special during the day.

But in the evening, quiet evening at home listening to election returns.

Not too worried about local races (Illinois), but especially paying attention to state referendums on abortion.

[luvs2sing]

5. We are retired, and we voted last Tuesday.

So I will probably hole up with my knitting and listen to mellow jazz. I might peek in here a time or two in the early evening, but I’m mostly going to pretend it isn’t happening. I still have 2016 PTSD on top of my regular PTSD.

[Midnight Writer]

22. Exactly. I watched Hillary heading toward a comfortable win, then I took my dog for a walk.

Got home about an hour later, and the whole election had turned around.

I was totally discombobulated for a week, felt like I was dreaming, nothing was real.

[Elessar Zappa]

6. Gonna start watching the results

at 5pm. I have a six pack of bud light ready to go. If we win, I’ll drink 3, if we lose, the whole pack is gone lol. Elections are one of the few occasions when I drink. I’ll probably stay up until 1am or so.

[Emile]

7. Smoke some hash, watch MSNBC and post on DU.

[Mz Pip]

8. Probably try to avoid the media

Don’t know how successful I’ll be.

Maybe we’ll go to dinner and a movie. I’ve done all I could. Donated, voted, now I just have to live with the outcome. I have no clue how this will play out. I expect claims of fraud in any election the GQP loses. Nothing will be settled Tuesday night.

Tuesday is just the beginning of a couple of long ugly months.

[Polybius]

10. I think a lot will be settled on Tuesday

We should know who controls the House, and many Senate races will be called as well. Alaska will take weeks though, and I'm sure GA will go to a runoff.

[ARPad95]

9. I'll be working from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm at my local poll site.

[Polybius]

23. Nice!

I'm sure that you will be checking other state's elections before you leave. Thank God for smartphones lol.

[ARPad95]

24. Yes, I'll be checking if there are slow times up until 9:00 pm when the polls close. However, that

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last hour to 10:00 pm, I'll be too busy helping to pack everything up to check my phone.

[Bettie]

11. I got a text this week that my

dental appointment is that day...so getting my teeth cleaned.

I hate going to the dentist. Hate. It.

[Sympthsical]

12. Major exam that afternoon

Then major presentation I need to polish up and prepare for Wednesday morning. Mix in with usual work stuff, and I'll be pretty distracted.

Starting tomorrow, I'll be in the academic bunker, which means very limited internet time-wasting nonsense.

When I get home Tuesday evening, I'm toying with the idea of just cooking dinner, watching a movie, and going to bed without going online or checking my phone. I have a feeling results will be very drawn out, and breathless minute to minute, dramatic up and downs, mood swings, etc. Eh. I'm not gaining anything by watching or participating in that.

So I may just do a media black out, chill evening, find out the next day thing as an experiment.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

13. Work at polls

Asst chief election office for a precinct about 15 miles from here. Have to be there from 5am until close out, usually no later than 8:30 pm.

Then come home and stay up however late watching returns.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. If I still drank, I'd be drinking heavily.

[LisaL]

15. Go and vote early before work.

I don't expect any long lines so I should be done with voting before I have to go to work.

[iemanja]

16. Taking the day after election day off is a good idea

I might do that. I've already voted, so I don't need to talk election day off. I used to give people rides to the polls, but my mobility isn't great now thanks to a serious accident this summer.

[gab13by13]

17. My plan is not to watch Steve Kornacki.

[Polybius]

18. Kornacki is excellent at pointing out where the remaining vote is coming from though

For example, let's say in NV that results are 98% in, and one candidate is leading bu 1,500 votes. He has a lot of knowledge and is an excellent statistician. He will give the breakdown of what counties are left.

[herding cats]

19. I'm driving a couple of folks to vote that morning.

Then I'm working the rest of the day. When I get off I'm doing dinner with the hubby and then binging some mindless comedies while checking in here and at a couple of news sites I follow. .

Monday night I'm making calls to reminding folks to go vote Tuesday.

I've done all I can. It's in the hands of the voters now.

[Midwestern Democrat]

20. What I normally do - vote after work and then spend the evening watching the election returns after

dinner.

[mvd]

21. I'm voting by drop off box before election day

So probably just being nervous hoping for our blue wave.

[RobinA]

25. Talking Myself

off a ledge while trying unsuccessfully to stay away from any media. Same thing I did in 2016.

[allegorical oracle]

26. From the "WHEW!" file: My jury duty was canceled for Tuesday (tossing confetti) -- last thing I

wanted to do is to be at the County Courthouse while voting was underway.

[ForgedCrank]

27. Where I live,

it's usually never a good outcome from my perspective. So after I vote, I always go into "work around the property" mode and forget about the election as much as I can for the evening. It's like day trading stock, and I'll get myself all worked up and chewing on my fingernails if I get glued to the TV. I just wait until the next morning and deal with it all in one shot. It's a lot better for my nerves and my mood.

[MustLoveBeagles]

28. Go to my polling place & vote then that evening watch the results

If it goes well, I'll watch til bedtime. If it doesn't I'll stop watching early like I did in 2016.

[redwitch]

29. Poll watching noon to 3.

Then making food for election watch from 8-11 or so at town Dem supervisor home. Then home to toss and turn because election night has become an anxiety producing event for me and I will probably give up and election results surfing on major and local news stations. And of course I will be here with you good people while I do that.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

30. Already voted by mail,

I'll be on the road to Weed, CA starting tomorrow to make a delivery by Tues., after the delivery, I'll go to the nearest Truck Stop for the night and watch as the Dems deliver a knockout punch to the repukes and MAGAt's.

[peggysue2]

31. I voted early--drop box ballot--so there's no need to rush to the polls

I have food shopping to do (I get a senior discount on Tuesdays), so I'll do that, straighten the house, then take my walk both for weight control and relaxation. I'll try not to turn on the TV until around 7 pm, have my Mac fired up, and then (with a healthy shot of spiced rum/crushed ice) watch the returns come in. I'll be keeping my eye on those House races in Virginia bc the results there could be predictive of how the night will proceed.

I'll try to stay calm, one way or the other. The again, I wouldn't put money on it.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

32. Vote. Any time left will be spent working on my porch roof.

[Fla_Democrat]

33. Well, it's Tuesday, so I'll go to work.

Come home after that, maybe have dinner. Then I'll grab some popcorn , maybe some boiled peanuts. Get a tall iced beverage and watch the reactions.

[Mossfern]

34. I'll probably go to

my polling place around 11:00 AM, when things are usually slow. Then I will not follow any of the reports about the election.
I'll probably watch streaming TV - maybe a baking show or two. Start binge watching some mindless TV shows perhaps.

I would prefer to see the results on Wednesday morning, but I know that my husband will be watching Steve Kornacki on another TV and shouting results at me .... my anxiety level will be through the roof. I've been this way since 2016 - traumatized.

[ecstatic]

35. I will try to ignore everything election related until someone reaches out with good news.

if no one says anything by Wednesday morning, I will cautiously peek at the headlines on DU. My state of mind is a little fragile so I would probably disappear for a while if we don't at least retain what we have now. Of course, if the Blue Wave materializes, I'll be right back here and on Twitter celebrating, talking shit and gloating.

[electric_blue68]

36. Thanks to all doing election work & related help. 👍 Since...

I just voted early this afternoon - that's taken care of.
✔️👍

I might go extra shopping downtown at Michaels, Blick (art store), and Trader Joe's. They're all near each other. Or not. Work on some craft stuff if I stay home. And listen to Fordham U's Music Station in the afternoon.


Then around 7pm I'll turn to WNYC, MSNBC, and drop into DU to start my Election Watch.
Keeping 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 !!!!!

[sakabatou]

37. Nothing. Already sent my ballot via mail

[Ms. Toad]

38. Getting up before the crack of dawn (Ugh)

And heading either to the Democratic Boiler Room (communication/problem solving central) for the SE region of Ohio (not quite sure why my county is grouped with the SE region - since it is in NE Ohio) - or - to a critical Democratic precinct in my county where the expected observer dropped out at the last minute. I'll hear sometime tomorrow (they have to get my credentials in order by 4 PM if I'm actually being placed inside a polling location).

Either way - I leave the house no later than 5:30 AM (maybe earlier), and won't return until after 9 PM.

[LeftInTX]

39. That sounds really stressful!

I'll be poll greeting. (Outside the polls with a canopy and signs)

I wanted to do something more serious, but I've been working so hard. Poll greeting is fun. We can vote at any site in my county, but the site I poll greet at is also an Early Voting site, so there are tons of people there. On Friday, people were parked illegally in order to vote. If people can't find a parking spot, we can give them flyers with other polling sites nearby. We can also observe if any BS is going on.

After the polls close, I'll take my canopy home and head downtown to a watch party.

[Marius25]

40. Lots and lots of drinking

[Cha]

41. Be right here like I alwys am on

Election days for the last 20 years.💙