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I think it's a charming tradition. As you say, it's an every-four-years thing for this little town to have just a moment in the limelight. Tomorrow, no one will care, and the little place will be forgotten for another four years.

I think the residents are very proud of this, and they must be very civic minded. They have 100% voting participation. The fact that everyone agrees to turn out at midnight to vote... rain or shine or snow... is kind of amazing.

I bet most people couldn't get the 9 people physically closest to them right now to agree on where to go eat lunch.