BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – Many of us will be on the edge of our seats as the numbers come in on Election Night – maybe all of us, to varying extents. But many will harbor a second sentiment, somewhere beneath the excitement, anticipation and trepidation: a mounting sense of relief that at least it will all soon be over, and life will be somewhat back to normal. Hundreds of millions of Americans are pulling hard for the presidential candidate of their choice, many as though their freedom and prosperity depended on it. Others are pulling hard for it to simply be over, or at least peacefully resolved.  They may have a candidate preference, but peace and quiet ranks pretty high up there too, and this campaign has been one of sometimes harsh or shrill rhetoric. Take Candace McBeath, a retired schoolteacher, who, as much as anything, just wants a clean, fair election. “I'm indifferent,” she said. “I just want it over. I really do. What's most important is that we have a fair election, and that there's no cheating, and that's all I care about. I don't want to influence anybody, because at this point, I just think that we're so divided, we need to really stick together, whoever (wins).” Josh Tarman wants communities to reunite again, to come back together so they can focus on common goals. That’s something he feels we’ve strayed from. “I really hope people think critically at the end of the day and decide what's important around them,” he said. “I mean, yeah, it is hard to be pitted (for voters’ attention) against Kamala and Trump, but at the end of the day, you have to focus on community and voting small to make the biggest change and biggest impact in your life. You can't just be sitting at your computer yelling at people across the country.” Take an airplane ride at ‘Wings N Wheels’ at Minter Field Air Museum Saturday Even when it’s over, it may not be over. That’s Randa Hunter’s fear. A candidate who refuses to accept the outcome, she says, is likely to incite followers who likewise won’t accept the outcome. And those people live among us. “Oh, I cannot wait for it to be over,” she said, “but this will just be the beginning of another chapter in this nightmare of an election. The people that support Trump will not believe it if he loses, and then therefore they will rise up again and swallow the lies until whatever happens next. It's just exhausting. It's painful.” Someone will take the oath of office in 10 weeks. Will it be over then? Not as over, perhaps, as most of us would like it to be.