The US election is in the countdown! Riots are escalating! "Buying sprees" are appearing in many places...

Netizens from all over the world showed great enthusiasm and started eating this trans-oceanic melon together .

Judging from the current mainstream opinion polls, Biden's approval rating is higher than Trump's .

However, it is still unknown when the election results will be announced.

According to the Global Times, due to the epidemic, most votes this year will be cast by mail, and most states in the United States do not allow these ballots to be processed in advance.

In other words, most states have to count the votes on November 3 while opening the envelopes that were mailed earlier, so it is not uncommon for the process to take a day or two.

Because elections always cause some aftereffects, the American people have not been idle at all, and have begun to "reinforce" stores and rush to buy daily necessities (even guns). Due to the continued riots in recent days, American drivers are afraid of being robbed and dare not deliver goods, and many sellers have also begun to worry.

According to U.S. media reports, the U.S. federal government has reinstalled temporary fences around the White House to prevent possible riots in Washington before and after the U.S. presidential election. At the same time, businesses in many U.S. cities have boarded up their doors and windows to prevent possible violence before and after the election.

Washington, D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsom warned in October that there was a widespread belief that some form of rioting would occur after the election and that police had made plans for a variety of possible scenarios.

Police in many places said that in order to deal with possible riots, they have strengthened police alert and made active deployments. Some police stations have also purchased tear gas in advance, arranged police officers to maintain order near polling stations, and restricted police officers from taking leave.

In the many riots in the United States in the second half of this year, physical stores were smashed and looted countless times. It is still unknown whether this election will lead to even worse situations .

According to reports from multiple U.S. media outlets, businesses of all sizes, not only in the capital Washington, but also in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, Boston and other places, have been on high alert since last weekend, taking self-protection measures such as fixing doors and windows and installing wooden boards to prepare for the U.S. election on the 3rd, as well as potential riots and violent conflicts.

Due to concerns about social unrest after the election, many Americans have begun to stockpile various supplies to prepare for possible accidents. I believe that fast-moving consumer goods sellers on the US site have also found that orders have rebounded recently. This is not an illusion of the peak season, but the arrival of a stockpiling boom.

In some areas, such as Detroit, the largest city in Michigan, there was even a " gun and ammunition buying craze ". Many gun stores were crowded with people who came to buy guns, and some stores even had their inventory cleared out.

Some Americans who bought guns said that in the face of possible riots after the election, "only guns can give them a sense of security . "

Since the beginning of this year, American society has continued to be turbulent. First, the ongoing epidemic "magnified" many problems in American society. Then, protests caused by racial discrimination swept the country. In addition, the continuous fires caused many American residents to be "unable to return home". The upcoming US presidential election has further torn apart the relationship between different groups in the United States.

Last week, riots broke out in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., and the situation quickly spread to New York, Los Angeles and other places. In the riots, in addition to physical stores being smashed and looted, rioters also besieged logistics transport vehicles and looted all the packages on the vehicles .

Due to the unstable environment, American drivers said they dared not deliver goods at night for fear of being robbed . This made the sellers whose goods had already arrived at the port very helpless and they had to reschedule the delivery time, but they were still worried that "it might not be delivered".

According to a recent survey in the United States, nearly half (46%) of households are facing serious financial crises during the epidemic . Coupled with uncertainties such as the general election and ongoing riots, all sellers on the US site should be mentally prepared for a "dull life".

(Source: Cross-border Cloud Classroom)