A sigh of relief
The U.S mid-term elections were just over. It was a tight race between the Democrats and the Republicans in many states. Though the Republicans took over the House, Democrats had the Senate. Patty Murray (D)and Dave Reichert(R) won the elections from Washington State. Personally it did not matter to me who won. I am not a U.S. citizen, so i didnt vote. I am only relieved that there wont be any more negative campaigning to watch on TV. The ads were vicious and negative, not to mention depressing. Starting from a couple of months before, up until the day of the elections(including election day), the ads were aired and every now and then. There was no escaping them, they were on all channels. The opponents were seen spitting venom at each other while highlighting all the good things that they had done. It was a little unsettling for me watch all these ads simply because I was not used to watching election campaign ads on tv especially negative ones and that too so frequently. TV campaig