Good God almighty, these election cycles are just too long..

[Peacetrain]

Seriously, too long. Six months is plenty of time for people to get their messages out before they go broke or into debt. This is ludicrous.

[RamblingRose]

1. +1

[democratisphere]

2. Agreed. The political election process drags on.

I would like to see 2 months, start to finish. The whole process becomes very stale and boring. The money spent by the ALL of the candidates collectively is grossly insane.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I agree.

[Green Line]

4. Agree way too long

[frazzled]

5. You've got a whole year to go

Pace yourself

[mindem]

6. You can say that again.

And the election is still a year away, uffda.

[marieo1]

7. Too Long

I've said this from the very beginning, that is why I won't watch the debates. It is stupid and ludicrous!! I think the media and other just encourage it to make more money. By the time the election rolls around, I don't even care if I vote at all because I am so sick and tired of it. Most of us have known all along, who we are going to vote for. STOP THE SENSATIONALISM.

[yaesu]

8. Agree, I've always thought that it should be limited to six months, plus the US attention span is

one of the shortest in the world so everything before the last few months is wasted anyway.

[Rebl2]

9. Yes

Too long indeed

[Sneederbunk]

10. Have to admire the Brits.

[kimbutgar]

11. It seems the day after a new candidate is elected the cable news starts talking about the

Next election. I agree, start the campaigns in January of the election year. I am sick of the ads already!

[YOHABLO]

12. Yeah, it's probably out of our hands since corporate America controls everything.

We are not having anywhere near fair elections. The very nature of our electoral system is the antithesis to Democracy. It's a sham. And a shame. These long drawn out primaries are ridiculous. Campaign finance reform is needed but will never be taken up by either party. It's time for a revolution.

[brooklynite]

16. It has nothing to do with Corporate America...

It has to do with when political people decide they want to become President and act in support of that.

If Elizabeth Warren goes to Michigan to campaign for a House candidate in 2018, is she "running for President"? When Cory Booker gave a speech at the 2016 Convention is he "officially" a Presidential candidate?

[YOHABLO]

19. Oh please, I have no time for that nonsense.

[PatSeg]

13. Absolutely

This is overkill, I'm already tuning out. As soon as one election cycle ends, another one begins. The president, senators, and congressional representatives are in perpetual campaign mode instead of actually doing their jobs.

[highplainsdem]

14. Agree completely! K&R!

[Capt. America]

15. +1000 if the UK can have snap elections within 2-3 months we certainly can get it down to 10 months.

[brooklynite]

17. You're aware that the average voter don't get to nominate candidates in the UK, right?

If you're willing to leave that choice to the DNC, our Presidential campaign drops to three months. Deal?

[betsuni]

18. As far as I know, no other country does this.

Henry Miller: "In America, with all those firecrackers they put up your ass to give you pep and courage ... . Over there you think nothing but becoming the President of the United States some day. Potentially every man is presidential timber. Here it's different, Here every man is potentially a zero. If you become something or somebody it is an accident, a miracle."