God!! I can't wait until this election is over....

I can't wait until next Monday. I am going to early vote so that I don't feel bad ignoring any of the "breaking news."

Me too! This is what every political thread feels like to me:

I actually have decided that, beginning tomorrow when I wake up, I'm giving up the TV news and the front section of the newspaper. Of course I'll still read the comics because...well, priorities you know.   And I'll read the section that's local news. But no more election. I am seriously going to do this because it is seriously becoming depressing. I have enough stress at work, so I'm making my home peaceful.


eta: It's now "tomorrow when I wake up" and I'm sitting here with the TV off, enjoying my coffee with a lovely breeze and peace and quiet coming in my window. I read my email and learned that a friend's new grandbaby FINALLY arrived. I checked here and read a few threads that had nothing to do with politics. I checked Facebook and did NOT click on any of the political articles that were linked by various people overnight. Instead I went to my pressure cooker FB group, and my zentangle FB group, and my women's clergy FB group (where political posts are highly discouraged, except in the context of pastoral care for church members). Now I'm going to get ready to walk my dog.

Yes, I did come to this thread but not to read anything, only to edit my comment.

Between now and the election I am not opening any more political comments.  

And it's not even just the presidential race. A lot of the state and local races are really nasty with a lot of lies on both sides. I am sick of it all.,

I agree. I have no issues on here on other social media outlets since it's easy to just scroll by but we went to dinner a few weeks ago and I was so excited about having a nice evening out...I kid you not a verbal fight broke out between two tables because one guy was discussing Bernie Sanders (he's not even running anymore right?! Lol) and a table of Clinton supporters heard the Sanders table and didn't like what the Sanders table had to say. It was a mess.

I'm utterly sick of it too and I don't even live in your country!

Go watch This is Us or Pitch - two great shows! Or read a good book and tell us about it. Explore some trails now that it's cooler out. There's plenty to do!!!

Same, i'm not one who generally watches the news or any politics so i've avoided that pretty well. But facebook and this board are flooded with political posts. I've blocked a lot of people on facebook that keep posting stuff and am generally just don't open what I don't want to here....but I will be so glad when we move on to a new topic around here

I hate to break it to you, but once the actual voting part is over...it won't be over.
If Trump wins it will be ongoing chaos as he pisses of one country after another and makes your country an increased target.
If Clinton wins Trump and his supporters aren't going to give up and will keep going on about the emails and will keep bringing up her husband's sex issues. She will never be left in peace to do the job as she wants to/should do it and Trump isn't capable of doing it.

Whatever happens going forward it's going to be a rocky 4 years ahead and I think it will create a great deal of political unrest in the USA and if Trump wins, globally.

Doesn't someone post this every 4 years!??!!?

I don't think it will be over once the election is done either. Trump loses, he's going to go apeshit and he will not rest for the 4 years HRC is in office. Look at how he still brings up Rosie O'Donnell every chance he gets. It's not going to stop when it's all counted and said.

I've been listening to BBC World news and other foreign news stations in order to get away from it all. When they do talk about the US, it is more balanced.