Then, as now, most Americans were suffering from ‘Republican fatigue’ after 12 years of Reagan and Poppy Bush. Generally, there were very short lines at the local church on election day, but in ’92 the line snaked around the block. Talking to other folks on the line, I found we all had something in common — we were voting for Clinton to get rid of Bush.

I waited about two hours to vote that day and checked with others who had voted elsewhere — there were long lines at other polling places, and those people weren’t waiting to keep Bush the Elder in office for another four years.