Still in Shock

In past elections, I have voted for

• Hubert Humphrey (white man)
• George McGovern (white man)
• Jimmy Carter (white man)
• Jimmy Carter (white man)
• Walter Mondale (white man)
• Michael Dukakis (white man)
• Bill Clinton (white man)
• Bill Clinton (white man)
• Al Gore (white man)
• John Kerry (white man)
• Barack Obama (black man)
• Barack Obama (black man)
• Hillary Clinton (white woman)

My mother was four years old when women throughout the United States earned the right to vote, and a century after her birth, I have lived long enough to cast a vote for the first female candidate (and, I hope, President).

Sometimes I just have to pinch myself.