jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoAOC defeats moderate challenger in Democratic primarywww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkAOC defeats moderate challenger in Democratic primarywww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoWhy make election season much longer than needed? Printing ballots can be done quite quickly. And is 6 months of campaigning really better than 2 months?
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoFfffuuuuuuucccckkk no its not better. It’s just that our system predated most parliaments, and as such the founding fathers made some stupid choices that made it utterly impossible to amend basic quailty of life changes for our democracy.
minus-squareTheKingBombOmbKiller@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoWhat did the founding fathers decide that made it impossible to have short election seasons in the US?
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoThe process to amend the constitution. It’s all but impossible given modern politics, and that’s largely been true for 50 years and counting.
Why make election season much longer than needed?
Printing ballots can be done quite quickly.
And is 6 months of campaigning really better than 2 months?
Ffffuuuuuuucccckkk no its not better. It’s just that our system predated most parliaments, and as such the founding fathers made some stupid choices that made it utterly impossible to amend basic quailty of life changes for our democracy.
What did the founding fathers decide that made it impossible to have short election seasons in the US?
The process to amend the constitution. It’s all but impossible given modern politics, and that’s largely been true for 50 years and counting.