Via USA Today:
While politicians and some Iowans were braving subzero temperatures, software engineer Ralph Krausse, 53, was halfway across the country in his New Hampshire home happily watching “Monday Night Football.”
Krausse, a Republican, plans to vote in next Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, but like many Americans, he’s already tired of this year’s presidential campaign, which he expects will be a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
“What happened is what I’d assumed, so it didn’t really occur to me to watch it,” Krausse said of this week’s Iowa Caucuses. “And the football game was on.”
In frigid Chicago, Cheryl Wassenaar also was watching the game, purposely trying to avoid the Iowa Caucuses. But the coverage was interrupted by breaking news that Trump won.
“So much for that,” said Wassenaar, 30, a Democrat. “I’m exhausted from the election narrative, and we’ve barely gotten past the caucuses, which have their own hullabaloo. And it’s only January. We still have 10 months to go.”
And like many other Americans, Krausse and Wassenaar have become disillusioned with both major parties and are dreading an apparent rematch this fall.
“If Trump’s the nominee, which he will be, and Biden’s the nominee, which he will be, I most likely just won’t even vote. … I don’t even really care. I mean, it’s going to happen, whatever is going to happen,” Krausse said.
