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iemanja

(55,116 posts)
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:39 PM Nov 5

How late will you stay up tonight?

I plan to stay up until the race is called or as long as I can, whichever comes first. I've taken tomorrow off work to sleep in.
Also, I plan on drinking to calm my nerves. What are your plans?

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How late will you stay up tonight? (Original Post) iemanja Nov 5 OP
As long as it takes... Or until I fall asleep in my chair! dchill Nov 5 #1
Ditto! Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Nov 5 #30
I'm going to try to make it to 1ish, eastern Quiet Em Nov 5 #2
Me too LiberalLoner Nov 5 #27
Same Ananda62 Nov 5 #3
I'm retired but I cheated my schedule. badhair77 Nov 5 #4
Ill probably take a nap around 7 to 10.... getagrip_already Nov 5 #5
1am after Watching Harris Victory Speech between 11-12 Tribetime Nov 5 #6
I like the way you think! iemanja Nov 5 #8
all night if I have to. lynintenn Nov 5 #7
I'll be like one of those "puppies falling asleep" videos you see :) n/t servermsh Nov 5 #9
Until the doctor tells me to go to sleep? The Unmitigated Gall Nov 5 #10
To sleep at 10 pm with CPAP. Onthefly Nov 5 #11
Probably 1 AM eastern NewHendoLib Nov 5 #12
I'll just be getting home 7 PM (or later) MT, so exhaustion will set in shortly thereafter... But I will likely hlthe2b Nov 5 #13
I'm not durablend Nov 5 #14
You have more will power than I do. Mossfern Nov 5 #31
Afraid to go to sleep like I did in 2016. MrsCoffee Nov 5 #15
THC will wear off and like every night I will get sleepy. Emile Nov 5 #16
Probably fall asleep about 10-10:30 unless early results are just overwhelmimg. dameatball Nov 5 #20
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 5 #23
What kind of pizza do you want? Are you Emile Nov 5 #41
I'm supposed to go to a neighborhood election party @ 7:30, am getting nervous..... a kennedy Nov 5 #17
Same here. SilverDawg Nov 5 #18
Will fall asleep to the TV ... moonscape Nov 5 #19
School tomorrow, so bed by 10 at very latest. GPV Nov 5 #21
2AM since I work from home Jspur Nov 5 #22
I am drinking also. Absolut and OJ. This race will be called tonight for Kamala-I guarantee it. n/t asuhornets Nov 5 #24
Probably 6 am jmowreader Nov 5 #25
I work nights too Haggard Celine Nov 5 #42
I work nights too. Haggard Celine Nov 5 #43
until they call a winner OR they stop counting votes because it's too late. WarGamer Nov 5 #26
ive been up every damned morning at 2 am since the time switch samnsara Nov 5 #28
I have insomnia and either way I'm sure I will be hyper from the election and probably get a few mucifer Nov 5 #29
Polls on the Left Coast close at 1AM ET justaprogressive Nov 5 #32
Until I fall asleep. LOL. City Lights Nov 5 #33
It depends. greatauntoftriplets Nov 5 #34
I'm usually up H2O Man Nov 5 #35
Kahlua accidentally got into my coffee, so I guess I'm up well into the night. nt 2 Meow Momma Nov 5 #36
I'm going to try to sleep at 8 pm and then get up around 3:30 am. lkinwi Nov 5 #37
I live in England iwillalwayswonderwhy Nov 5 #38
As late as I can keep my eyes open.. HipChick Nov 5 #39
I want to hear Kamala from Howard Univ. yorkster Nov 5 #40
Well, I'm a Nightbird so my bedtime is usally 2A - 3A* (I usually sleep between breakfast, and lunch) electric_blue68 Nov 5 #44
I haven't slept a single hour election night since 2012 Hans Delbrook Nov 5 #45

Ananda62

(308 posts)
3. Same
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:42 PM
Nov 5

I’m a night owl anyways. Not really much of a drinker, but I’ll have some champagne if the race is called for Harris.

badhair77

(4,704 posts)
4. I'm retired but I cheated my schedule.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:42 PM
Nov 5

In 2016 I had to take my husband to cardiac rehab the next morning. Lots of trumpers there. The whole experience was painful. I will never again put myself in that situation.

getagrip_already

(17,614 posts)
5. Ill probably take a nap around 7 to 10....
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:42 PM
Nov 5

Then stay up till 2 or so depending on results.

Maybe check a couple of times after that. My cats normally demand 4am scritches, so that is a good checkpoint.

It doesnt need my constant attention.

hlthe2b

(107,302 posts)
13. I'll just be getting home 7 PM (or later) MT, so exhaustion will set in shortly thereafter... But I will likely
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:53 PM
Nov 5

fall asleep with the TV on.. and wake up a few hours later...

durablend

(8,037 posts)
14. I'm not
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:56 PM
Nov 5

Blocking any and all news sources (including here and that 'other' site) after 6pm tonight and will see the news, good or bad tomorrow when I wake up at 7 am. Will also yeet my phone so I'm not tempted to peek overnight.

MrsCoffee

(5,824 posts)
15. Afraid to go to sleep like I did in 2016.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:56 PM
Nov 5

Woke up to the worst news I never expected.

I am definitely wound up tight to say the least.

Emile

(31,489 posts)
16. THC will wear off and like every night I will get sleepy.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:59 PM
Nov 5

Then I will wake up super early, drink coffee and celebrate.

dameatball

(7,605 posts)
20. Probably fall asleep about 10-10:30 unless early results are just overwhelmimg.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:06 PM
Nov 5

I usually wake up several times a night so I can always tune in later if I want to. Retired with no plans util tomorrow afternoon so can be flexible. It would be a lie to say 2016 has me a little edgy.

Response to Emile (Reply #16)

Emile

(31,489 posts)
41. What kind of pizza do you want? Are you
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:58 PM
Nov 5

Last edited Tue Nov 5, 2024, 06:48 PM - Edit history (1)

always this judgemental?

a kennedy

(32,546 posts)
17. I'm supposed to go to a neighborhood election party @ 7:30, am getting nervous.....
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:02 PM
Nov 5

I don’t do well at these things. My husband would have gone with me, but with him gone now, it’ll be my first neighborhood event without him, so am nervous. Even if I do go, I’ll be home to either cheer widely, or be bawling and swearing to wake the neighbors NOT at the election party. I’m gonna try and stay up as long as I can.

Jspur

(662 posts)
22. 2AM since I work from home
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:34 PM
Nov 5

that it allows me to stay up this late. I think by 2AM we should have a good idea which way the momentum is going.

asuhornets

(2,427 posts)
24. I am drinking also. Absolut and OJ. This race will be called tonight for Kamala-I guarantee it. n/t
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:40 PM
Nov 5

jmowreader

(51,714 posts)
25. Probably 6 am
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:40 PM
Nov 5

Tonight I'm floor supervisor in a newspaper assembly facility.

The declared deadline for one of my papers is 11 pm, and the other one has a declared midnight deadline. I SERIOUSLY don't expect to see the first one until midnight and the other until about 1 am. It'll take about half an hour to put together the first one, and probably an hour and a half for the second. Once that's done we're looking at around half an hour to clean up the place, I'll drive home and eat...by the time I'm mellowed out enough to sleep the sun will be coming up.

Haggard Celine

(17,071 posts)
42. I work nights too
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 06:01 PM
Nov 5

I won't be able to watch tv at work. There won't be time for any other media either. I won't hear anything until I get in my car to drive home, about 2 or 3 PM. Hope the race will be called for Kamala by then, but I'm not counting on it.

Haggard Celine

(17,071 posts)
43. I work nights too.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 06:06 PM
Nov 5

I won't be able to watch tv at work. There won't be time for any other media either. I won't hear anything until I get in my car to drive home, about 2 or 3 AM. Hope the race will be called for Kamala by then, but I'm not counting on it.

samnsara

(18,338 posts)
28. ive been up every damned morning at 2 am since the time switch
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:42 PM
Nov 5

...im west coast so i may know something before i drift off.

mucifer

(24,954 posts)
29. I have insomnia and either way I'm sure I will be hyper from the election and probably get a few
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:43 PM
Nov 5

hours of sleep around 3 am. But, I might just fall asleep earlier. That would be good. There is a small chance that could happen.

justaprogressive

(2,619 posts)
32. Polls on the Left Coast close at 1AM ET
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:48 PM
Nov 5

Let's make CA the Cherry on the Battleground State Sundae!

City Lights

(25,484 posts)
33. Until I fall asleep. LOL.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:50 PM
Nov 5

I will have the television on all night, but I will nod off at some point. I only plan on drinking if Harris is announced the winner while I am still awake.

greatauntoftriplets

(177,113 posts)
34. It depends.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:54 PM
Nov 5

It'll be at least 1 or so. I'm on a self-administered IV antibiotic for an infection, and have to give myself a dose at midnight that'll last up to an hour or so.

iwillalwayswonderwhy

(2,669 posts)
38. I live in England
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:56 PM
Nov 5

I just slept from 5:30pm till 10:30pm so I can stay up, hopefully till 6:30 or 7:30 a.m. even so, it will only be 2:30 am est.

HipChick

(25,509 posts)
39. As late as I can keep my eyes open..
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:56 PM
Nov 5

No meetings tomorrow anyway, so I can sleep in, in the morning..

yorkster

(2,591 posts)
40. I want to hear Kamala from Howard Univ.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:56 PM
Nov 5

And I want to make it until Ali Velshi comes on MSNBC, which is usually around midnight on election night.
Want to hear the earlier MSNBC panel of course.

And I hope we also get to hear from Tim Walz tonight. I heard him on YouTube in Harrisburg PA today at the Capitol Diner. He said he stayed up til midnight after watching the voting in "Dixville Gulch" NH. I'm sure he knows it's Dixville Notch, but it was funny as hell.

electric_blue68

(19,327 posts)
44. Well, I'm a Nightbird so my bedtime is usally 2A - 3A* (I usually sleep between breakfast, and lunch)
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 06:12 PM
Nov 5

Probably around 2:30A bc I'm going to stay up after breakfast just on case!

I missed NYC's dancing in the streets 😑 after Biden's win! The photos were glorious!

I sure as hell don't want to miss 🤞The *Celebration* for Kamala & Tim!!!!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉


*I'm going to try and get to sleep closer to 1A -1:30A so I can be up closer to 10Aish to get more light during (said in Kenobl's voice) "The Dark Times".


Hans Delbrook

(1,206 posts)
45. I haven't slept a single hour election night since 2012
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 06:16 PM
Nov 5

Maybe tonight will be different. Please God

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