From Harvest Prude: It might sound ironic coming from a politics reporter during the height of what has been a peculiarly frenzied election season, but I can’t help but agree with all of the experts who weighed in on my latest piece: It’s okay to log off the news once in a while.

Religion researcher and political science professor Ryan Burge reminded me that the majority of Americans aren’t “perpetually online.” “You have a very small number of people who consume so much media … Most people never tweet, they never comment on Facebook, they never talk about politics.”

He finds himself reminding his students, often political science majors, to remember that most Americans aren’t as tuned in as they are to political drama and are more interested in their everyday lives than what’s playing out on the national stage: “Most people aren’t you. You’re a political science major, because you like this stuff. Guess what? Most people don’t … so let’s not forget the median voter here.”

It was also a reminder I appreciated. And in an effort to avoid being hypocritical, I have also made my own plans to log off. For me, though, that has meant scheduling a vacation for a few days after the election is over.