Voters in Palo Alto are feeling nervous about the election as the polls come to a close.
Kevin Duan, who said that he’s lived in Palo Alto for about 16 years, felt stressed after casting his vote.
“If I had to summarize it, mild anxiety, a lot of dread, indignation,” he said, adding that his friends have been calling it “doomsday.”
Ching-Pei Hu said that she’s feeling “super nervous.”
“No matter what happens,” she said, “let’s just hope it’s fair and square.”
Another voter, who gave her name as Laila, said she was “terrified” of what would happen if Trump won again. “It’ll be a different place around here,” she said.
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A Central California native, Danielle Echeverria graduated from Stanford University in 2020 with a degree in Science, Technology, and Society. Her undergrad studies inspired her to examine the impact that politics, businesses and tech can have on different communities, and to make these kinds of conversations more accessible to the public. She also completed an honors thesis examining the role of food and travel media in explaining politics in the Basque Country, the region her family is from. She previously interned with Big Local News focusing on data journalism and at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she reported on everything from California agriculture to unemployment. Danielle is also fascinated by issues of media literacy and how to cultivate trust in journalists.
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