Price status quo. Alexander Genis-about how American elections looked from New York Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" 1. Elections, of course, are a holiday of democracy, but they pass everyday life. The sacred Tuesday is not even a day off. Yes, and he appeared because farmers had to get to the polling station all day, and Sunday, when other countries hold the elections, the Americans held in the church. Now, perhaps from work, they let go for two hours, and that's all.