Could a short campaign be exactly what Kamala Harris needs?
Could a short campaign be exactly what Kamala Harris needs?
Dozens of other democracies have short election cycles. Can the Democrats learn something from them?
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Short campaigns are what we all fucking need.
It's not even short, ours (in the UK) are six weeks, and the switchover happens immediately. You guys spend more time switching over than we do on our elections!
The crazy thing is our primary schedule. Some people literally change their votes based on what happened in previous states’ primaries (think DeSantis supporters this year who realized he wasn’t viable). Then we wait 6 more months and have a general election. Our entire lives are political campaigns
And then we wait another three months before we actually put the winner in charge.
I mean, the country is a bit bigger.
Canada can manage it just fine and our candidates stump by moose and canoe.
Canada is barely larger than the UK population wise
Yep, but America is still using the same election law that expects the delegates to travel on stage coach for a month before they can cast their vote in Washington DC.
It isn't larger by population.
Canada has what 40 million people?
The us has 340 million.
For comparison, California has 38 million, New York (state) has 19 million (NYC has like 9 mil alone)
They meant by size (as a joke).
I did - but size is also irrelevant. France does their's in two weeks.
Unfortunately America was the alpha version of Democracy and in retrospect, a lot of the mechanics are pretty dumb and broken.
Alright? India is bigger...
Spending more time switching over than we do on our whole election cycle is bonkers.
India is not a good example of a well run country.
The fact is, the US Government is the largest and most complicated organization on the planet. It has the most power of any country and controls the world's single largest economy, upon which most other countries depend (especially the developed ones).
That's why it takes longer. We don't want to fuck it up. The UK has some real cabbage head PMs cycling through, and shot themselves in the foot by leaving the EU. That's not the best way to argue for your method of government.
The UK has some real cabbage head PMs cycling through, and shot themselves in the foot by leaving the EU.
Trump served a four year term as president.
Yes, yes, we should all hope to improve moving forward.
India is not a good example of a well run country.
I didn't say it was well run, I said it was bigger (which apparently is the metric, but now it isn't?). Is the US? It can't even give healthcare to its people.
That’s why it takes longer.
I don't think that's why.
That’s not the best way to argue for your method of government.
Method of changing government, not of how it is run. Most countries do not take months to hand over power with lame duck presidents.
The election system was established when the country had a fraction of the current population of the UK.
Jesus fuck, seriously. The length of the American campaign “season” is quite frankly sanity-destroying.
campaign season hasn't ended since 2008.