Two presidential candidates walk into a bar. Nobody laughs. The humorless 2016 campaign.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump speak at the 71st Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on Oct. 20, 2016, in New York. What would be worse than electing Donald Trump (or, depending on your politics, Hillary Clinton) in November? A second four-year term! It’s a pretty lame joke, but in the midst of the most bitter contest in modern presidential elections, it has a glint of humor.