Americans Preparing for Strong Possibility of Violence on Election DayBy Vic Bishop Voters have been very obsessive in whats been an emotional presidential election year. It is possible thatsupporters of the winning party make a public display showing off their victory to emphasize the painful fact that the other candidate has lost. Will they become easy targets? Whoever has lost may question the validity of the election and accuse of opposing side of manipulating the results. If it comes to this, should we expect civil unrest? It may be smart to stock up on a few days of extra food and water, so you can just hole up at home if need be. More details from theaforementioned survey can be found here. Its no surprise people are apprehensive about Election Day. Voters in the U.S. have been passionately divided when it comes to the candidates. Many are fervent to keep the worse of two evils out of office. Decisions seem to be driven more by animosity towards one candidate, rather than by inspiration or vision offered by the other. Regardless if the voter survey offers an accurate representation of how Americans truly feel, we cannot deny that political discord has already incited violence in communities across the States. A summary here offers just a glimpse at the various incidents that have occurred during the year. Take a look below at the reception a man wearing a Trump hat received when attending a Clinton rally. Violence isnt exclusive to Clinton supporters. Two videos below show how Trump supporters respond to unwelcome demonstration by their opposition. With so much hatred and hostility surrounding the election, one can reasonably expect a violent, or at least unpleasant, conclusion. And any aggression will likely be exacerbated by the news media, which will make matters worse. In addition to the looming question of who will be named president, another big unknown is how will U.S. citizens react? Will they accept the results of the election? As per the previous mentioned voter survey, it seems that the confidence Americans once had in their election process is definitely floundering. More than four in 10 of Trump supporters say they wont recognize the legitimacy of Clinton as president, if she prevails, because they say she wouldnt have won fair and square. More than two-thirds of Trump voters say they worry the election returns could be manipulated. In contrast, eight in 10 of Clinton voters say the returns can be trusted to be fair and accurate. (source) The drama of the election year will likely continue after November 8. It is reasonable to expect that some communities will experience civil unrest, particularly where divisions are strong. It only makes sense to prepare, at least at the basic level, with a weeks worth of storable food and water available in your home. It might also be smart to stock up your bug-out bag. Of course, some may feel the need to be a bit more aggressive with their preparedness plans: Since the polls are starting to shift quite a bit towards Hillary Clinton, Ive been buying a lot more ammunition, says Rick Darling, 69, an engineer from Harrison Township, in Michigans Detroit suburbs. In a follow-up phone interview after being surveyed, the Trump supporter said he fears progressives will want to declare martial law and take our guns away after the election. (source) Are you worried about violence on Election Day? Do you have a preparedness plan in place in case of civil unrest? Please share your views in the comments section below. Like Offgrid Outpost on Facebook.Follow Offgrid Outpost on Twitter. VicBishopis a staff writer forWakingTimes.comandOffgridOutpost.comSurvival Tipsblog. He is an observer of people, animals, nature, and he loves to ponder the connection and relationship between them all. He is a believer in always striving tobecoming self-sufficientand free from the matrix. This article (Americans Preparing for Strong Possibility of Violence on Election Day)was originally created and published byemergency foodsupplierOffgrid Outpostand is published here onSurvival Tipsunder aCreative Commonslicense with attribution to author Vic BishopandOffgridOutpost.com. It may be re-posted freely with proper attribution and this copyright statement. Please contactonline@offgridoutpost.comfor more infoorvisit Offgrid Outpost on Facebook. Image Credit: Glenn Halog/Flickr Creative Commons 2.0 License Would this be different than the daily violence in America? Or a special election violence? Anyone who commits a violent act due to their support of either of these two pathetic presidential candidates is so totally warped out of reality they belong in a straight jacket and a padded cell. This pointless, media-induced civil war scenario is just the excuse our rogue government needs to crack down on the rest of us, which is why they incited all this phony violence in the first place. Theyre just getting cranked up in Dakota now, practicing their aim on the peaceful Native American protesters. The rest of us are next. Lock HER up. Looking back at earlier US elections, it is very apparent that the nation still cant guarantee free and fair elections. There have always been accusations of fraud whether by the Parties themselves (election fraud) or by the individual voters (voter fraud). Why can every other first World nation manage to have elections fair and square without rancour and fraud but after 200 years the US still cant? democrats Whats up with everyone saying this? This is the second website to say theyll have schools closed, due to worrying about violence. Uh, schools have always been closed on election day Duh? Trying to worry people about thisis crazy. 