Vince_Condella's Blog

I realize I may be dating myself here, but for those of you old enough to remember the good old days of elections, they were back before exit polls and instant communication.  I recall watching election coverage when I was growing up, and back in the 1960s we often didn't know the result until late in the night or even the next morning.

Now we sometimes know the result as soon as the polls close, and networks can declare their winner state by state via exit polling.  I've got nothing against technology.  Heck, the best of technology makes my job easier than it was 10 or 20 years ago.  But sometimes being "old school" isn't such a bad thing either.

The problem with this political campaign is that we are all suffering from election burnout.  It's been a long strange trip.  We're happy to see it come to an end.  But yet it is an exciting time in our democracy.  We exercise our freedom to vote.  Very cool.  And then we wait.  Something tells me this year we may be waiting late into the night despite the exit polling and the TV networks predicting winners for each state as their polls close.

So pull up a chair, grab that bag of popcorn, and enjoy watching liberty at work.  As the numbers roll in, I'll think back to my days as a kid staying up late to get the results.  This year, as Yogi would say, It may be deja vu all over again.