--- title: Don’t Let This Election Ruin Politics For You description: Don’t let this election ruin politics for you, science proves deadlines help you get things done and more. canonical: https://time.com/4566182/dont-let-this-election-ruin-politics-for-you/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-10T17:00:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:20.363Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Don't Let This Election Ruin Politics For You og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4566182/dont-let-this-election-ruin-politics-for-you/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Don't Let This Election Ruin Politics For You twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Don't Let This Election Ruin Politics For You by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 10, 2016 5:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 10, 2016 5:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Don’t let this election ruin politics for you.**](http://time.com/4561665/election-democracy-engagement/) By Scott Warren and Gary Blank in Time **2\.** [**Deadlines might seem harsh, but science proves they help get things done.**](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/the-deadline-made-me-do-it/) By Kristen Berman in Scientific American **3\.** [**Can public drinking revitalize downtowns?**](http://www.curbed.com/2016/11/8/13540878/public-drinking-us-cities) By Barbara Eldredge in Curbed **4\.** [**Daylight Savings Time isn’t worth the trouble.**](https://theconversation.com/heres-why-daylight-saving-time-isnt-worth-the-trouble-it-causes-66110) By Laura Grant in the Conversation **5\.** [**No one wants to buy Twitter. Maybe its users should.**](https://www.wired.com/2016/11/lets-build-next-twitter-like-green-bay-packers/) By Klint Finley in Wired  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4566182/dont-let-this-election-ruin-politics-for-you/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4566182/dont-let-this-election-ruin-politics-for-you/"},"headline":"Don't Let This Election Ruin Politics For You","datePublished":"2016-11-10T17:00:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:20.363Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4566182/dont-let-this-election-ruin-politics-for-you/","keywords":["Innovation","2016 Election topic","Alcohol","twitter","Science topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4566182/dont-let-this-election-ruin-politics-for-you/","name":"Don't Let This Election Ruin Politics For You"}}]}] ```