In American political campaigns, the correlation between how much attention an issue gets and the actual significance of that issue is rarely strong. In 1996, Bill Clinton campaigned for reelection with a plan for mandatory school uniforms. Four years later, Al Gore's campaign spent much energy distancing itself from a blow job his boss had received. In 2004, George W. Bush used his reelection bid to highlight the threat gay rights posed to heterosexual marriage. The financial crisis diminished the frivolous style in American politics for a couple election cycles, but it's back in full force in 2016: This year's GOP debates featured roughly as much discussion of Donald Trump's penis size as they did about climate change, while, in the general election, Hillary Clinton's IT management habits have seen more coverage than the threat monopolies pose to economic growth.