I was thinking about 2016 this evening. Actually it was a good year for me and my family. The election cycle was the worst in memory but I made a conscious effort not to let it into our families life. I found this forum which satisfied my urge to complain about the idiot politicians but I am once again amazed by how little the politicians of either party influence my life.
For me personally it was a good year---if you didn't count that the year's death toll included
my favourite aunt, whose husband was also my favourite uncle. They were second parents
to me after my father died in my boyhood, and they died a year apart from each other.
Well advanced in age they were but the loss still stung. And still does.
As for the politicians of either party, I agree with you.