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Based on the polls, I'm really nervous about the outcome of next week's election. I worry that if the candidate I support doesn't get elected, we're all in a lot of trouble. If my candidate doesn't win, I'm thinking about moving to Toronto. Should I?
Okay, everyone, take a deep breath.
Indeed, this is arguably the most important election of our lifetime. The stakes are high: war, national security, unemployment, etc, etc. And it is a close election, so it could still go either way next Tuesday. But don't pack your bags yet.
Cary Tennis, Salon's advice columnist, answers a similar question (pay subscription required, or get a free day pass by clicking through an ad). And we agree with his response: even if the candidate you support doesn't win on Tuesday, you can't do much to make America better from outside the country. Tennis writes, "If we feel this country has been lost, let's find it again. If we feel threatened, let's vanquish the threat. In whatever sense we feel that this country is no longer recognizable, let's refashion it. Let's re-create what we have lost. If the media have become enslaved, let's create new, free media, and support the few independent media that survive. If the country has taken reckless foreign adventures, let's rein it in." We couldn't have said it better. If next Tuesday's election doesn't have the result you are hoping for, then become an activist after the election. Join up with a cause you agree with, and help work towards changing our future. Fleeing the country seems, to us, like a cop out.
Besides, we love New York too much to leave it. (Hee, maybe secession is a better option.)
We still have a couple of days left. If you want to get involved, go to a swing state this weekend and volunteer your time, or participate in phone drives and call potential voters. Or, you can help out at home, too. If you've got a car, volunteer to drive your friends or neighbors to the polls. And most definitely vote on Tuesday.
So what will you do if your candidate of choice loses?
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Don't worry. You'll have plenty of time to figure out what to do since we'll have weeks of litigation and recounts before this thing is decided.
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After Bush wins, I'm sure Alec Baldwin will give you a ride wherever you need to go.
you know, toronto isn't such a bad place. even if your candidate does win, its worth a trip here just to recuperate.
I am currently living in the UK, and I'm planning to stick around either way, but if my candidate doesn't win, I will honestly feel as if I can't go home. My mother won't be too happy about that.
Well, I've scheduled a nice luncheon at a very nice place with my husband the day after the elections. We'll either be eating fancy or eating crow.
I guess I am a cop out then because I already decided that if Kerry doesn't win then I am moving to the Singapore/Malaysia area where my fiance's family is from. I think a lot of people are watching this election really close.
A part of me (okay, a microscopic part) hopes that George W wins the election so that all these jackasses who say they're moving to Canada will have to put their money where their mouths are. And then just maybe I'll be able to find an apartment in NYC I can actually afford.