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Too Soon For 2016! How To End Our Endless Presidential Election Season - The Daily Beast
Democracy doesn't have to be this way-Raymond A. Smith lays out the four policies to make our presidential contests brief, efficient and orderly
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/26/too-soon-for-2016-how-to-end-our-endless-presidential-election-season.html
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Canada Reminds Us That American Elections Are Much Longer - NPR
U.S. election campaigns are insanely long when you compare them to other countries.
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/21/450238156/canadas-11-week-campaign-reminds-us-that-american-elections-are-much-longer
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How Presidential Campaigns Became Two-Year Marathons - The New York Times
The process is more democratic than it used to be, but changes in rules have also added to the time and money needed to become president.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/upshot/how-presidential-campaigns-became-two-year-marathons.html
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Why American Elections Cost So Much - Economist
WITH nearly every American election cycle new spending records are broken. This autumn's midterm elections are nearly nine months away, but already candidates in Kentucky's Senate race have raised $19.4m and spent $7.3m. In the 2012 cycle candidates in the Massachusetts Senate race alone spent over $85m.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/02/economist-explains-4
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Why Do Presidential Elections in the USA Take Forever? - J.J. Colagrande
In the United Kingdom, when the prime minister calls an election, it can take as little as one month to complete. In France, the national election campaign takes about four months.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jj-colagrande/why-do-presidential-elect_b_7952490.html
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Why Do Presidential Elections in the USA Take So Long? - The Classroom - Synonym
In the United Kingdom, when the prime minister calls an election, it can take as little as one month to complete. In France, the national election campaign takes all of four months.
http://classroom.synonym.com/presidential-elections-usa-long-7952.html
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Why do U.S. elections cost so much? - CNN Politics
The presidential campaign fundraising numbers starting to trickle in from campaigns paint a picture of what's to come over the 13 months until the 2012 election.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/13/politics/us-election-costs
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7 Other Nations That Prove Just How Absurd U.S. Elections Really Are - MIC
From the formation of exploratory committees until the inauguration of the next president, the American election frenzy lasts about two years, a vast majority of which is spent talking about little of substance. Along the way, the U.S. easily outspends every other country in the world, a trend that has only been accelerated by the gutting of restrictions on corporate contributions to campaigns in recent years.
http://mic.com/articles/118598/7-facts-from-the-around-the-world-show-how-absurd-america-s-elections-really-are
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Global Perceptions of U.S. Elections: Nasty, Long, Expensive, Bewildering - Wash Diplomat
Americans in general are a hospitable people who enjoy helping foreigners understand our culture and traditions. Most of us can defend and explain just about everything - why we call our national baseball championship the World Series, how deep-fried Snickers chocolate bars wrapped in bacon are a perfectly acceptable snack, or why 18-year-olds can serve in the military or buy shotguns but can't order a beer.
http://www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8679:global-perceptions-of-us-elections-nasty-long-expensive-bewildering&catid=1494:november-2012&Itemid=506
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How The U.S. And Canadian Election Processes Differ - CityNews
Think our campaign was long in the last federal election? Americans have been listening to speeches, attacks, claims, counter-claims, finger pointing, half-truths and promises for two solid years. And now, finally, much to the relief of many, it's almost over.
http://www.citynews.ca/2008/11/03/how-the-u-s-and-canadian-election-processes-differ/
