2024 Election has Massachusetts voters stressed, excited and ready for an end
LYNNFIELD - Less than a week before the presidential election, Massachusetts voters said they're feeling excited, anxious and ready for it to be over.
It's been a whirlwind couple of months that included a switch up in the Democratic nominee for president and multiple assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump.
More than 1.2 million people in Massachusetts have voted as of Tuesday. That's more than a quarter of registered voters in the state who have voted early.
How voters feel about the potential outcome depends on who you talk to.
"Exicted"
WBZ-TV visited a golf course in Lynnfield, where there were supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump and feelings all over the fairway.
"I'm excited about the election. I think Mr. Trump will win and make America great again," said golfer Walter Roback. "I don't think the Democrats have done a very good job. Matter of fact, I think they stink. I think they've done a horrible job, you know, inflation, the border."
Harris supporter Mark Mattera said he's concerned about the outcome.
"Nervous"
"I'm nervous because I think it's a close race, and to me, it shouldn't be," Mattera.
"I wish both sides would stop spewing hate. I really wish someone would talk about policies," another golfer told WBZ.
The one constant we found was stress.
A recent poll by the American Psychology Association reveals that 77% of Americans are worried about the future of the United States, and 69% are stressed by the elections.
In Middleton, a Massachusetts town that voted for Trump in 2020, WBZ went to a hair salon where border security and inflation were a major topic of discussion.
"Stressed"
"In hair school we were taught never to talk politics, but, I have to say, that's all we talk about lately," said Michelle Rozopoulos, the owner of the Lux Studio. "Yes, I am feeling stressed about the future of our country, and I think things need to change."
"I feel like we're all struggling financially when it's, like, you're living paycheck to paycheck, and you just see things keep going up and up and up and you're like, 'How am I going to get food on the table?" said hairstylist Donnie Mousseau.
In reliably Democratic Cambridge, WBZ found Akujuobi Nwabeke, a disenchanted resident who does not plan to vote.
"If I did have to pick the lesser of two evils based on policies, I would probably go with Trump. If I'm picking the lesser of two evils based on character, I'm going to be going with Kamala Harris," he said.