Advertisement

Craigslist explodes with Election Day intimacy requests

Click to play video: 'Craigslist explodes with Election Day intimacy requests'
Craigslist explodes with Election Day intimacy requests
WATCH: Americans are looking for a little comfort at the end of a long, historic and exhausting U.S. election and they're turning to the personal ads section on Craigslist – Nov 9, 2016

It’s been a long and divisive election season, and as the United States gets ready to vote in a new leader, its citizens are eager to spend the dying days of the current presidency in the arms of a special someone. Anyone, in fact.

Craigslist, the international classifieds website, is teeming with hook-up requests from men and women looking to get cosy as the polls start to close. Some ads express election exhaustion, while others are more tense and pessimistic.

READ MORE: Voters flock to women’s suffragist leader Susan B. Anthony’s grave on Election Day

Apparently, heading to the Craigslist personals in a moment of national tension isn’t new. In January 2015, as winter storm Juno prepared to engulf New York, there was a spike in the “Casual Encounters” posts on the site, Alternet reported. The section had a total of 213 blizzard-related posts, while the “Men Seeking Men” category had 99.

Story continues below advertisement

Here is a glimpse at the Election Day intimacy posts on Craigslist sites across the U.S.

New York

Austin, TX

San Francisco

 

Story continues below advertisement

Richmond, VA

Las Vegas

Here’s hoping there were a couple of genuine love connections, too.

 

Curator Recommendations

Sponsored content

AdChoices