A lot of people would consider that good…not worse. Like the UK has a cap on the amount of money and time that some campaigns can be. That allows candidates who aren’t flooded with money to have more of a chance at actually being elected. It helps make the formation of a two party system run by the Koch brothers less likely…
As an American, that doesn’t sound worse. It sounds wonderful. A two month campaign means that we could focus on something else for the rest of many, if not most, years.
Also would make it just a tiny bit more difficult for big money to be able to influence the election as easily.
Hell, gimme a 1 month campaign season with two weeks of preview, for the candidates to declare their candidacy before the month of campaigns. I have enough time in 1 month to research the available candidates, make my decision, and mail my ballot back to Sacramento.
Things being worse don’t make that good, though. Whatever, I’m not going to change world politics over here but I still think it’s all kinda fucked.
A lot of people would consider that good…not worse. Like the UK has a cap on the amount of money and time that some campaigns can be. That allows candidates who aren’t flooded with money to have more of a chance at actually being elected. It helps make the formation of a two party system run by the Koch brothers less likely…
Australia gives public funding to parties that can achieve a certain level of votes to encourage participation.
As an American, that doesn’t sound worse. It sounds wonderful. A two month campaign means that we could focus on something else for the rest of many, if not most, years.
Also would make it just a tiny bit more difficult for big money to be able to influence the election as easily.
Hell, gimme a 1 month campaign season with two weeks of preview, for the candidates to declare their candidacy before the month of campaigns. I have enough time in 1 month to research the available candidates, make my decision, and mail my ballot back to Sacramento.