I’m proud of myself: I have not watched any of the debates this year. As an informed and com­pletely decided voter, I have noth­ing to gain.

In past years, watch­ing the debates was an alter­nately exhil­a­rat­ing and gut-wrenching expe­ri­ence. It made me want to pace back and forth and occa­sion­ally shout back at the tele­vi­sion set. I finally real­ized that this must be what it’s like for peo­ple who care about foot­ball to watch peo­ple play­ing foot­ball on TV.