In three key battleground states, a blue wall of anxiety about the presidential election - The Boston Globe

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63% : But, as a Harris supporter, she's extremely nervous about what will happen if Trump wins.
60% : He voted Democratic in the past two presidential races but was considering Trump this time despite some qualms, pointing to what Hawkins described as Trump's business and leadership skills.
45% : Scott and Deanne Schuett, who voted early at Janesville City Hall on Thursday, embody the confidence gap: He voted for Trump and she for Harris.
42% : As a busy early voting site closed on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, in deep-blue Madison, English major Keegan Murphy said that if the process is fair, Trump will win, but added he's "definitely anxious" because he feels the voting system is not more secure than it was in 2020.
37% : Bathed in the confidence of Trump himself -- who has said for months that he already has the votes to win the election -- and pointing to poll averages and packed rallies, Republicans have a difficult time imagining him losing.
35% : But scarred by the trauma of 2016, they've grown allergic to projecting confidence against Trump, whose appeal remains concerning and perplexing to them.
31% : Alena Khalid decided to vote for Trump, as did her mother, because he says he doesn't like war and she believes he'll do more to end the fighting.
30% : Murphy, for instance, says he knows a dozen people who voted for Biden in 2020 who are voting for Trump this time -- and doesn't know any Trump 2020 voters who are casting a ballot for Harris.Democrats have their own encouraging anecdotes.
27% : "But his wife of 51 years, Georgette Wojt, said she's been following the race much more closely and is "very worried" about what will happen if Trump, whom they both voted for, doesn't win.
23% : But she said there would be no relief for her until well after Election Day because she's worried what will happen if Trump loses.
23% : She said her concern was mostly about the integrity of the election and less about the results, even if Trump loses.
21% : "It's scary because I personally think Trump is unstable," she said.

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