It's become trite and tired for politicians and members of the media to call every general election in the U.S. "the most important of our lifetimes." It's a phrase that gets thrown around every four years, and at this point, it feels like it's lost all meaning.
But there's one woman who has some perspective on important elections: 104-year-old Ruth, who was accompanied on her journey to the voting booth by her friend Faith Salie, who recorded it all and shared it on Twitter.