jennifer olsen with the rosalynn carter caregiving institute thank you so much for joining , us. dr. olsen: thank you, judy. amna: if you found that this election is increasing your anxiety, that may be more than a sign of the times. it could be the result of a conscious political strategy to scare you into a point of view. our lisa desjardins reports on the use of fear in the 2020 campaign. lisa: beneath the 2020 fight, an aggressive undercurrent. >> no one will be safe in biden's america. lisa: fear. used especially by president donald trump making alarmist, extreme claims. >> it's tremendous violence. no city, town, or suburb will be safe. if you want to save democracy from the mob then you must vote. ,lisa: but the president is not alone. >> remember seeing those neo nazis and klansmen and white supremacists coming out of the fields with lighted torches? veins bulging? lisa: there is near pervasive talk of threats to your community, your race, to you. what does all this use of fear do, what does it mean to voters? we asked on social media and the -- thoands of people responded

jennifer olsen, executive director of the rosalynn carter institute for caregiving. >> woodruff: jennifer olsen, welcome to the newshour. these stories from caregivers, people who te care of others, it's just overwhelming. it takes your breath away and they're normally the kin of stories we don't hear. i mean these happen in the privacy of families. >> the stories we just heard are often bedroom or kitchen table conversations, despite the fact that there are over 50 million caregivers in this country. and that was the number before covid-19. >> woodruff: but give us a sense of the range of things caregivers are called on to do and what it can mean when the day knows no end yet? >> i think what we have heard is increases in stress in this time of covid with a couple of main drivers, fears about someone getting sick themselves. so they want to be able to provide the care that they do, they do for others. individuals worried about their care recipient getting sick. lack of access to services, as we just heard, people unable to come into the home or day programs not being available last week