09/25/2024

Five Writers on How the Election is Affecting their Communities

‘Conversation was impossible’

This election cycle, The Washington Post invited writers from around the country to reflect on how the political contests are playing out in their communities. We’ll be publishing their accounts at key moments leading up to Election Day. This is the third set of dispatches. See their first and second entries here.

Dave Barry: The 2024 election? My Florida neighborhood cares more about Conch the tortoise.

I don't know if this is an accurate way to measure the enthusiasm surrounding the election, but: In my neighborhood, the number of yard signs for presidential candidates is smaller than the number of fliers taped to utility poles asking people to be on the lookout for an escaped tortoise named Conch.

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