The fighting and acrimonious campaigning between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has gone on for months over television airwaves and across the Internet.

"This election is one of the nastiest ones that I've seen," said voter Randall Piona.

"It's like two high school kids fighting back and forth passing bad notes," agreed voter Antrone Bradford.

Studies are indicating all the election drama is starting to take its toll on the voting public.

According to a new survey from the American Psychological Association, nearly half of Americans say the 2016 presidential election is stressing them out.

"It has become emotional. It has become polarized," Dr. Douglas Haldeman of the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Haldeman said the stress comes down to how we are processing the information.