I love elections. I always have. Ever since George H.W. Bush squared off with William “Bill” Clinton, I’ve been hooked. Election nights were like the Super Bowl of American democracy. My mom and I would stay up way past bedtime, glued to the TV like two schoolgirls watching Dawson’s Creek,

a bowl of popcorn between us and endless excitement about what was unfolding. It was our tradition, our family…