• 920 to more than 19,000 — the number of women contacting Emily’s List about standing for election in the entire 2016 cycle, and just since the election of Trump.

• 1,800 to more than 15,000 — the average number of annual inquiries to the She Should Run advocacy group, and then the number since the 2016 election.

• Up 87% — applications to Emerge America training courses for women candidates from 2016 to 2017.

• Up 60% — the number of women standing for the Virginia General Assembly next week, compared to the last time all seats were up for election.

• 51 women from major parties are on the state ballot. 43 women are fighting to represent the Democratic Party in the 100-member Virginia House of Delegates.

• • And of the 43, 26 are standing in their first-ever public election.

Hillary of course supports this:

“Let us hope there is a wave of young women running for office in America,” Clinton said. “And let’s be sure we support them, in every way we can. Let’s help them shatter stereotypes and lift each other up.”

All of this is fine with me. I am glad more people are trying to pay attention to what’s going on in our government. I just wish they actually had an open mind about it, though. One distraught Hillary voter recalled election night: