I don’t think I’ve missed an election–primary, general, or run-off–since I’ve been voting. My first ballot I cast in a presidential election, and I did so by absentee ballot because I was out of state attending college. Not all of “my” candidates have won, of course. Too often, I’ve been on the losing side, it seems. But that’s okay. I’ve made my tiny, conscience-driven voice heard. My impact on the voting has declined over the years. I used to be able to deliver five votes:

South Carolinians can now have some peace and quiet for a few months. With the Republican presidential primary now history, they will feel more free to answer their phones without being bombarded with political garbage from not only candidates’ direct campaigns but also unassociated organizations acting on their own. (I at first wrote pabulum but then changed it to garbage. Pabulum contains something of nutritional value, and there was nothing of value in the robocalls that i