Voting has begun in the 2016 election as North Carolina opened its (very) early balloting by absentee on Friday. Voting is said to be heavy among the half of Donald Trump supporters who Hillary Clinton has categorized as being in a “basket of deplorables.”

It seems irrational to vote this early in an election cycle in which jarring slanders on millions of Americans arrive suddenly, as well as horrific events shattering the news cycle with alarming but predictable regularity. Pray that another Orlando or Nice doesn’t happen, or an economic panic as in 2008, but don’t bet the house on a placid 57 days ahead.