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Illustration by The New York Times; photographs by Erin Schaff, Ruth Fremson and Jim Wilson/The New York Times, and Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times This article is part of the Debatable newsletter.
You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Election Day is here, and if you’re like most Americans, you are probably anxious about it. As one California voter put it to The Times: “Everyone is starting to panic.”
The feeling is fairly bipartisan: According to a survey from the American Psychological Association, 76 percent of Democrats and 67 percent of Republicans say the presidential election is a significant source of stress in their lives.
How can you control it? Should you even try to? Here’s what mental health professionals and journalists are saying. Tune into a live broadcast of “The Daily” on Election Day : Dozens of Times reporters will break down what’s happening live at the polls, inside campaigns and in key battleground states.
4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern. Realize that we might not know the winner right away Because of the surge of early voting and mail-in ballots this year, there is a significant chance the election will […]
