Calling for people to drop out nine days before a very large group of states vote in a primary reveals the structural problem with political punditry—the campaign is just much too long, and people burn through all the permutations of takes before anything has even happened.
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I'm excited that I get to go to the polls in Maine next week and have my vote matter. I'm even more excited that my friends in California will have their vote matter—the most populous state was always an afterthought in the past. I just wish it hadn't taken 12 months to get here.
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Consider that in the co-equal branch of government, Congress, we don't even know who the candidates will be in some of the most contested Senate seats, and primary elections are still months away in many states.
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I think that's just what happens with a fixed election date and the people choosing the candidate. In Canada, our elections are much shorter, but obviously less democratic than your procedure.
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