‘Exhaustion and depression’ on election eve
Among the Swiss abroad voting in and witnessing the American election from the US, the mood heading into election day is overwhelmingly negative.
Nick Wenker, a 30-year-old attorney in Houston, Texas originally from Zurich, says, “I feel exhaustion and depression. No matter who wins it will be terrible. Normally I would be rooting strongly for the Republican candidate, but Trump is the worst person ever nominated for President. I am nervous about a Clinton presidency because I think it will be as bad as Obama’s, but living under Trump would probably be even scarier.”
Kirstin Kuenzi, a 29-year-old who works for the US Environmental Protection Agency in Chicago, is a dual citizen originally from Thun, Switzerland. She also voted in Barack Obama’s hometown of Chicago in 2008, when “the feeling around the city was bombastic. We were excited, hopeful, and thriving.”
But today?
“This time around I feel the exact opposite – scared, stressed, and angry. I am extremely worried that Donald Trump will surprise us all and end up winning the ballot; and I don’t know what kind of America we would live in if that happened.”
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