It's what the sociologist Sherry Turkle calls "" being alone together. "" What we need today is an electoral culture that is about being together together, in person, in loud and passionate ways, so that instead of being "" eat your vegetables "" or "" do you duty, "" voting can feel more like "" join the club "" or, better yet, "" join the party. "" Imagine if we had, across the country right now, in local places but nationwide, a concerted effort to revive a face-to-face set of ways to engage and electioneer: outdoor shows in which candidates and their causes are mocked and praised in broad satirical style;