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Election Anxiety Open Thread

The early returns are in from Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, where Barack Obama amassed a 15-6 advantage over John McCain. Actual state results are ages away. In the meantime, if you'd like to share transpo-related hopes, worries, and analysis about today's election with the Streetsblog community, use this space. Recommended reading: the "Niccolo Macchiavelli" comment -- more like an essay -- in response to yesterday's election eve post.

The early returns are in from Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, where Barack Obama amassed a 15-6 advantage over John McCain. Actual state results are ages away. In the meantime, if you’d like to share transpo-related hopes, worries, and analysis about today’s election with the Streetsblog community, use this space. Recommended reading: the “Niccolo Macchiavelli” comment — more like an essay — in response to yesterday’s election eve post.

Also, if you catch any interesting street conditions at your polling place, send a description or picture to tips@streetsblog.org. I’m guessing New York City is blessedly free of drive-thru voting, but you never know.

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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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