AW Vox Pop Issue #2: Election Moods
AW Vox Pop Issue #2: Election Moods
One day. One vote. One word to describe your emotions on Election Day 2008.
On Nov. 4, we asked UMass students and local residents how they felt and tracked the trends in moods from morning to night. This was the result. The bigger the word, the greater the frequency of its use. Click on a word to launch its video. For multiple instances of the same word, use the left and right arrows on your keyboard to browse between clips.
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
amped excited determined wary anxious worried proud indifferent ecstatic historical revolutionary psyched potential
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Produced by Jackie Hai and Ashleigh Bennett.
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