FOUND
FOUND BIDEN SUPPORTERS STRESSED.
STRESSED.
STRESSED. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. >> NO DECISION IN 2020 THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE STILL UP FOR
GRABS WITH OREGONIANS ALONG
WITH THE REST OF THE NATION ARE
WAITING.
WAITING.
WAITING. >> THE RACE HAS BEEN TIGHTENING
TODAY AND WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IS A CLIFFHANGER.
>> I'M STRESSED.
I'VE BEEN STRESSED.
BUT I'M HOPEFUL IN DOWNTOWN
PORTLAND WHERE DEMOCRATS FAR
OUTNUMBER REPUBLICANS.
OUTNUMBER REPUBLICANS. JOE BIDEN SUPPORTERS ARE
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AND
UNDERSTAND FINAL RESULTS WILL
TAKE TIME.
TAKE TIME. WE DIDN'T SEE AN LET IT GO
BECAUSE I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER
ALL THAT.
ALL THAT.
ALL THAT. WE HAVE GOT AN ELECTORAL BATTLE
GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH THIS
ANXIETY HANGOVER FOLLOWS AN
UNPREDICTABLE ELECTION NIGHT.
>> EVERYBODY TONIGHT.
>> WE SPOKE WITH TWO DOZEN
BIDEN SUPPORTERS ACROSS THE
STATE ON ELECTION NIGHT.
>> THREE INVIGORATING MY FAITH
IN AMERICA.
IN AMERICA. >> WE'LL DO THIS.
WE CAN DO THIS AS A WOMAN
OF COLOR.
OF COLOR.
OF COLOR. >> I AM OPTIMISTIC TONIGHT THAT
WE'RE GOING TO FOSTER CHANGE.
THIS ELECTION HASN'T JUST BEEN
ABOUT TRUMP VS. BIDEN AND IT'S
IT'S ABOUT THE MORALS OF THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> BIDEN EASILY WON IN OREGON
MARKING THE NINTH CONSECUTIVE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN WHICH
OREGON VOTERS PICKED A DEMOCRAT
.
.
. >>
. >> BUT
. >> BUT NATIONALLY THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HINGES ON
A FEW SWING STATES.
>> DO YOU TRUST THE PROCESS?
>> YEAH, VISITATION?
YEAH, I TRUST THE PROCESS HERE
IN PORTLANDER PEKA OR IN
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE
VOTE FOR MANY YEARS, I THINK WE
HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM IN THE
UNITED STATES BUT IT'S IT SEEMS
LIKE IT'S BEING ABUSED MORE AND
MORE ALL THE TIME.
WE VIOLNCE SUPPORTERS IN
PORTLAND ARE WATCHING CLOSELY
BUT REALIZE ANY DECISION IS OUT
OF THEIR HANDS IN PORTLAND.
>> KYLE IBOSHI KGW NEWS.
I'M MAGGIE RESPA IN NEWBERG IN
YAMHILL COUNTY, OREGON WHICH
WENT RED AGAIN THIS YEAR.
>> THE PRESIDENT WON A LITTLE
MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE
VOTE HERE A FEW POINTS MORE
THAN HE WON IN 2016.
WE ASKED TRUMP SUPPORTERS HERE
HOW THEY'VE BEEN FEELING
WATCHING RESULTS CREEP IN SAD
AND HURT.
AND HURT.
AND HURT. >> JUST WORRIED.
I DON'T MIND IT TAKEN A WHILE.
IT'S JUST SO CLOSE.
>> MIXED IN WITH THE ANXIETY
RESIGNATION FOR 82 YEARS.
NONE OF THIS BOTHERS ME.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN?
HAPPEN?
HAPPEN? WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE.
>> I'M FEELING FINE.
THE COST OF THE MCDONALD
HAMBURGER IS GOING TO BE THE
SAME TOMORROW AS IT WAS
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. PEOPLE TOLD US THEY'RE PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S
RHETORIC INCLUDING HIS CALLS
FOR OFFICIALS IN SOME STATES TO
STOP COUNTING LEGALLY CAST
BALLOTS.
BALLOTS.
BALLOTS. >> THEY'VE KNOWN THAT THIS WAS
COMING.
COMING.
COMING. THEY IT COMES EVERY FOUR YEARS
ON THE SAME DAY.
SO YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED AND
BE READY AND IF YOU WEREN'T
READY, THAT'S NOT THE REST
OF THE NATION'S FAULT.
THEY'VE HEARD THE PRESIDENT IS
TAKING THAT FIGHT TO THE
COURTS.
COURTS.
COURTS. >> WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S A GOOD
THING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A
COURT SYSTEM AND THE NICE THING
ABOUT HAVING A COURT SYSTEM IS
WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO WHEN WE
DON'T AGREE WITH SOMETHING.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK
A LITTLE DEEPER AND LET'S LET A
JUDGE OR A JURY DECIDE.
THAT SAID, WE ASK PEOPLE IF
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN TRUST
THE RESULTS.
THE RESULTS. >> EVEN WHEN EXPERTS SAY THERE
IS NO EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD
VOTER FRAUD.
VOTER FRAUD. REACTION WAS MIXED.
AND THIS MAN WAS BLUNT NO.
>> WHY?
>> WHY?
>> WHY? BECAUSE LIKE THEY SAID, BALLOTS
BEING THIS AND OTHER PEOPLE ON
THE INTERNET TRYING TO SELL
THEIR BALLOTS AGAIN.
>> EXPERTS MAINTAIN THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD VOTER
FRAUD.
FRAUD.
FRAUD. ANOTHER COMMON THREAD HERE
TODAY WAS STRONG TAKES ON
OREGON AND PORTLAND POLITICS.
ONE MAN WE MET SAID HE'S REALLY
UPSET THAT PSILOCYBINS HAVE
BEEN LEGALIZED AND HE'S ALSO
REALLY GLAD THAT TED WHEELER
WAS REELECTED AS PORTLAND'S
MAYOR.
MAYOR.
MAYOR. AND THEN A WOMAN THAT WE MET
SAID SHE'S BOTHERED BY THE
VIOLENT PROTESTS THAT SHE'S
SEEN IN PORTLAND.
AND SHE NOTED THAT DOESN'T TEND
TO