{"id":2299216,"date":"2024-07-18T10:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navigating-election-anxiety-ahead-of-another-trump-biden-matchup-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T10:33:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:33:44","slug":"coping-with-election-stress-before-trump-biden-rematch-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coping-with-election-stress-before-trump-biden-rematch-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Coping with election stress before Trump-Biden rematch &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcoping-with-election-stress-before-trump-biden-rematch-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2299216&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses \u200dthe rising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-packers-fan-looks-distraught-after-teams-first-round-pick\/\" title=\"Agonized Packers Fan Reacts to Team&#039;s First-Round Pick\">election anxiety<\/a> among voters as the 2024 presidential candidates gear\u2063 up for\u2062 their nominations. The article highlights the stress and\u2064 uncertainty surrounding a potential Trump-Biden matchup, with \u2063many voters expressing hopelessness \u2064in their\u200b options. \u2063Karen Howard, the CEO of the Organic and Natural \u2062Health Association, emphasizes the importance of maintaining \u200dpositivity\u200d and \u2064critical thinking in the face of election-related stress. She suggests taking a\u200c detached \u2064perspective to reduce the physical toll of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-tries-to-invent-another-reason-it-was-cruel-to-send-migrants-to-marthas-vineyard\/\" title=\"White House Tries to Invent Another Reason It Was Cruel to Send Migrants to Martha\u2019s Vineyard\">political stress<\/a> and reframing information to avoid polarization. Howard also addresses the challenge of\u2063 navigating political differences\u2064 during \u200bfamily gatherings and vacations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Navigating election anxiety ahead of another Trump-Biden matchup<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701239\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2024 presidential candidates \">2024 presidential candidates <\/a>gear up to accept their parties&rsquo; nominations, not everyone is on board with another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump\">Trump<\/a>&ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump\">Biden<\/a> matchup. As political pundits and campaigns continue to push the &ldquo;this is the most important election in history&rdquo; trope, voters are gaining more and more election anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to recognize that we&rsquo;re making a vote for the future of our country, the future of our children,&rdquo; said <a href=\"https:\/\/upsetisoptional.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Karen Howard\">Karen Howard<\/a>, the CEO and executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OrgNatHealth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Organic and Natural Health Association\">Organic and Natural Health Association<\/a>. &ldquo;You have to maintain that sense of positivity and power. And that&rsquo;s challenging to do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3082815\/video-shows-trump-supporters-yelling-pointing-alerting-officers-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"in an environment like that\">in an environment like that<\/a>. We can&rsquo;t lose sight of that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Howard spoke exclusively with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> about the current political scenario, its overwhelming effects on people, and how to deal with it.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>Wall Street Journal <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/s.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/documents\/WSJ_Swing_States_Partial_March_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"poll\">poll<\/a> found only a third of the respondents were hopeful about their options between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3082224\/trump-im-not-supposed-to-be-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump surviving an assassination attempt\">Trump surviving an assassination attempt<\/a> and Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3063528\/doctors-concerned-biden-debate-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump surviving an assassination attempt\">getting calls to step down<\/a> as the presidential nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-features\/3068833\/bidens-post-debate-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"questionable mental\">amid questions about his mental<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3065198\/biden-debate-comeback-moment-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"physical fitness\">physical fitness<\/a>, there has been a lot of election anxiety among voters, raising the question: Do their votes matter?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think at the end of the day, even with all of the angst and anxiety, your vote matters,&rdquo; Howard said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing specific concerns about the candidates&rsquo; controversies, including legal problems and fitness concerns, Howard highlighted the need for voters to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/operation-projection\/\" title=\"Operation Projection\">approach information critically<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How can you be an observer? How can you sit back and watch?&rdquo; Howard said.<\/p>\n<p>Howard is advocating a detached perspective to mitigate the physical toll of election-related stress. She refused to say the names of the candidates in interviews to diffuse the polarizing perception.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve renamed them Mary Todd and Martha Washington,&rdquo; Howard said. &ldquo;And then people go, &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t know who to be angry or supportive about then.&rsquo; I&rsquo;m like, that&rsquo;s the point. Reframing and being able to take the information without physically reacting to it is going to be really important to get through the election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As summer brings people together for vacations and family gatherings, Howard acknowledged the challenge of maintaining harmony when political views differ.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think one of the things you have to do is sort of step back and take the words that you&rsquo;re hearing and substitute them,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She recommended a practical approach: creating a mental &ldquo;word wall&rdquo; to reframe inflammatory language and promote constructive dialogue without personalizing disagreements.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the broader societal impact, Howard expressed optimism tempered with realism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re all put on this planet for a purpose,&rdquo; she said, stressing the importance of staying engaged and levelheaded in turbulent times.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her advocacy for maintaining a calm perspective resonated as a guiding principle for navigating the electoral noise. <\/p>\n<p>In closing, she emphasized staying strong, staying positive, remembering our purpose, and acting responsibly for our older and younger generations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My actions and my votes matter,&rdquo; Howard said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s important that we stay in the process, and it&rsquo;s important we stay calm and levelheaded in the face of the chaos.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Howard has four decades of experience in healthcare policy, government relations, and organizational leadership and is the author of <em>Upset is Optional: Say Goodbye to Unnecessary Suffering<\/em>, focusing on strategies to manage stress and anxiety.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701239\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701239\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dealing with election anxiety ahead of another Trump-Biden matchup is a challenge for many voters as the 2024 presidential candidates prepare for their parties&#8217; nominations. Karen Howard, CEO of the Organic and Natural Health Association, emphasizes the importance of maintaining positivity and power in the face of overwhelming political scenarios. Despite concerns about the candidates&#8217; controversies and fitness, Howard believes that every vote matters. She suggests approaching information critically and adopting a detached perspective to reduce election-related stress. Howard also advises reframing inflammatory language and promoting constructive dialogue to navigate differing political views during summer gatherings. Ultimately, she encourages staying engaged, levelheaded, and responsible in turbulent times, emphasizing the impact of our actions and votes on future generations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3313,"featured_media":2299217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-biden-polling.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35450,35449,35451],"class_list":["post-2299216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coping-strategies","tag-election-stress","tag-trump-biden-rematch"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-biden-polling.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}