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com . Want to purchase today’s print edition? Here’s a map of single-copy locations. Sign up for our daily newsletter here And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting .
.. and waiting .
.. and waiting for: Polls statewide open at 6 a.
m. today and close at 7 tonight, when the counting of ballots will commence. To mark the occasion, Editor Jeff D’Alessio asked 48 community members — 24 Democrats (in blue), 24 Republicans (red) — for the one word that best sums up how they feel about the race for the White House between VP Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
Helen Satterthwaite APPREHENSIVE Von Young Jr. EXHAUSTED Ricardo Diaz INTIMIDATION Maria Vasquez De León INTENSE Stacy Bennett PERPLEXED John Farney CRINGEWORTHY Julia Rietz HOPEFUL Terrence Stuber CONSEQUENTIAL Terry Maher DREAD Lesley Lee Dzik CHEATED Carol Ammons EAGER Peggy Prichard ACCEPTING Michael La Due BREATHLESS Betty Zeedyk TROUBLED Samantha Carter OPTIMISTIC John Bambenek SOMNAMBULIST Sheila Maloney HOPEFUL Jim Goss CRUCIAL Astrid Berkson DISTASTEFUL Larry Baughn RESILIENT Diane Marlin NAUSEOUSLY-OPTIMISTIC Robert Steigmann CAUTIOUSLY-OPTIMISTIC Tracy Williams FAITHFUL Deb Busey FRUSTRATED Jen StrauB HOPEFUL Mike Metzler ANXIOUS Charlie Smyth FLABBERGASTED Habeeb Habeeb CHAOTIC Elly Hanauer-Friedman CONCERNED Seth Floyd OPTIMISM David Palmer APPREHENSIVE Mark Ballard HOPEFUL Tom Bruno DUMBFOUNDED Tom Bruno Judi Pollock EXHAUSTING Joan Dixon PIVOTAL Todd Henricks EMPOWERED The Rev. Terrance Thomas ENERGIZED Chuck Knox DISAPPOINTED Phearn M.
Butler PRAYERFUL Joan Dykstra CONSEQUENTIAL Rocky Warner CAUTIOUSLY-OPTIMISTIC Diane Michaels CARE Connie Dillard-Myers TRYING Tara Auter ANXIOUS Giraldo Rosales ACCOUNTABILITY Kristin Swenson INDEPENDENT Andy Quarnstrom OPTIMISM Jeff Wilson HISTORIC.
