It’s the final showdown south of the border, as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton wait in anticipation as America decides who they want in the White House.
In the Queen City, residents are also keeping a close watch. At Victoria’s Tavern, bar goers said it’s a high stakes election.
“We have a lot at stake in Canada. I am shocked at how far come. It’s really sad to see that he’s come this far,” Danette Starblanket said.
“All the rules have been broken. So everything that’s supposed to be, all the boundaries have all gone,”
Another resident was also afraid of the outcome.
“It’s very scary. We don’t know what the outcome is going to be. I think if Hillary wins, it’ll be the lesser of two evils but I’m scared Trump will get it.”
On Twitter, both presidential candidates have used social media as a way to take jabs at one another.
According to University of Regina computer science professor David Gerhard, this election is unlike any other because of the divisiveness and the very polarizing opinions.
“I think what we’re seeing is internet culture permeating up to the mainstream in a way that we haven’t seen before,” Gerhard said.
“The internet was supposed to be this utopian wonderland of free thought and ideas, but it’s basically been this sort of lowest common denominator of ‘call your opponent a name and then walk away’ kind of a thing.”
“That’s what this election has become — name calling.”