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Why are election campaigns in the US so long and painful?

Asked by BlackSwanEffect (708points) August 29th, 2015

I don’t know of another country that makes their citizens suffer through such a long election process. Most democratic countries have a campaign season that lasts a few months at most. Why does the US take such a long time? Doesn’t it distract the concerned parties from the business of running the country for too long?

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