Subj : Re: Politics echo
To   : boraxman
From : Blue White
Date : Mon May 23 2022 16:05:01

 bo> Oh yes, they can be quite quick.  The election is called (they aren't
 bo> at fixed times), and we have some annoying TV ads for several weeks,
 bo> and thats it.  We usually find out within a day or two who has one an
 bo> thats it.  We had the election Saturday, and by Saturday night it was
 bo> clear who had won.

That last part is similar to the US.  Our election dates are set, however,
and the part that usually strings out to the length of a sportsing season
is the political TV ad season.

We also have primaries, where you narrow the candidates down to one per
party.  For national elections, those can start 9 months or so before the
general election, which extends the TV ad season out to well over a year.



.... Tell me, is something eluding you, Sunshine?
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