Election Night Survival Tips
Dear Leading Ladies,
Tomorrow night is the night we have all been waiting for. Yet, it’s a little like having your senior prom postponed indefinitely because of a blizzard.
The seemingly endless campaigning is over, just as the dresses and tuxes, corsages and limos have been ordered. But there will be no celebrations and surely no after parties on Tuesday night. Not with all the counting and possible recounting, likely objections and late tallies, mail-in ballots and possible shenanigans by a certain candidate and his minions.
Nonetheless, we will be watching carefully, some with a glass of wine in hand, looking for trends, hoping for signs, wishing for a peaceful and fair process.
Sunrise from wallpapercave
We’ve come across a few resources to help get through the evening. (No specific beverage recommendations included. You are on your own for that.)
The New York Times published an explanation of the Electoral College for children that we found very helpful both for ourselves and to share with youth. Here is a link (though you may need a subscription to access), The Times also offered an interactive Play: Election–Night Bingo for kids but we think it will be amusing for all ages. Here is the link.
You can download CNN’s Magic Wall of Election here to follow the progress in different states.
For another distraction, read what they are saying across the pond about our elections. This from the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyvr5k4epdo
On a lighter note, the Daily Press in Michigan suggests having a playlist on hand, perhaps with such tunes as "We Are The Champions" for encouraging returns, "Eye Of The Tiger" for "nail-biting moments" as well as Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" for spontaneous expressions of patriotism.
So, what to do about election night stress beyond the glass of wine? Of course, if you are voting in Manchester, MA, be sure to catch dinner at MELT, a food truck offering the best in gourmet melted cheese sandwiches, brought to you by Leading Ladies to make voting just that much easier for you and your families!
But whether you can grab a melted cheese sandwich or not, take a walk. Look at the sunset. Watch the results with friends or family. Make a plan to do something you love after the results are in (or in the days while we are waiting).
This election is consequential. There is no doubt about that. But the sun will still rise on Wednesday morning and the days thereafter. And our friends and family will still be here.
Good to Remember.
Therese (she/her/hers)
Judy (she/her/hers)
Didi (she/her/hers)
Leading Ladies Executive Team