Election anxiety: What it's like to be a US citizen in Ireland today

Inaccurate polls, invalid mail ballots, post-2016 traumatic stress. It's not easy being a US citizen today
Election anxiety: What it's like to be a US citizen in Ireland today

Over 17,000 US citizens will watch tonight's results in Ireland, I'm still not sure if I'm happy to be one of them

Like many other Americans today, I woke up with a feeling of anticipation I can only compare to that of a child on Christmas Eve.

Not in a “Santa is coming to visit,” type of way, but rather a “what the hell is going to happen in the next 24 hours,” type way.

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