The annual Greenwich Village Halloween parade in New York City only gets bigger and better each year.
"This Halloween parade is amazing. My second year in a row, it’s one of a kind," said Wendell Gaa.
Marchers went all out, spending money and time to create home-made costumes all in the spirit of Halloween fun.
Costumes range from movie and TV monsters to pop culture characters. Even presidential candidates were among the favorites.
But for them, what's scarier than Halloween is the upcoming presidential elections.
"What’s scarier? Elections. Because, you’re dealing with politics, and I think they are the real monsters," said one reveler dressed as Samhain.
Aaron Brinkley added: "Definitely the election. At least in Halloween, you meet good people, you have a future, with the election ugh."
When it comes down to their president of choice, some are still weighing their options a few days before the elections.
"It's like a 50/50 at this point. I might give the edge to Hillary (Clinton) a little bit, but either one is bad, it's pretty bad," said Yoko Higuchi.
Meanwhile, Filipino migrant workers gathered on Halloween feel the same way about the coming elections.
"Kami pong mga Pilipino dito sa Amerika ay lubha pong nag-aalala kung ang iboboto dito sa Amerika ay si Mr. (Donald) Trump. Kasi po, si Mr. Trump is not shying away with what he wants to do with undocumented immigrants so that’s really very scary, actually scarier than Halloween," said Linda Oalican of the Damayan Migrant Workers Association.
For Polly Calpito, he wants Clinton to win the elections.
"Dahil palagay ko mas malapit siya sa Pilipino. Pangalawa, nakapag-visit na siya sa bansa natin so alam niya, nakita niya ang kabuhayan ng nakararami doon."
While some voters feel that this could be the scariest choice they will have to make on November 8th, many are still hopeful because they say they will have to determine their own future, for the most part, regardless of who is sitting in the Oval Office.
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