While you wait to hear whether President Trump or Joe Biden won the election, borrow a tip from experts who know a thing or two about managing stress and anxiety
Mental-health professionals are trying to practice what they preach while they await results in one of the most emotionally fraught elections in recent history.
Election experts had warned that Election Day could be more like Election Week or Election Month, and that prediction appears to be coming true. The historic surge in mail voting (link) due to COVID-19 has resulted in some states' vote counts extending after Election Day, and pivotal swing states Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin may take longer (link) to report results.
As President Donald Trump's face-off against former vice president Joe Biden, voters from both major parties appear equally worried about what might happen if their guy loses: 65% of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents strongly agree with the statement "I am afraid of what will happen if my candidate for President does not win," while 66% of Democrats and Democratic leaners say the same, according to a Gallup poll (link) conducted from mid- to late October.
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