• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    There’s four months to go, that’s a long time to campaign. We’ve gotten used to these super campaigns but countries routinely hold them inside a couple months.

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      4 months ago

      While the US campaign cycle is more extended than other countries’, even then the people who are going to be the main candidate for their respective parties (party leaders for example) are usually known well in advance and have managed to build up a reputation with their constituents before they even start campaigning. In this situation, you’d have to start way further back.

      I’m not saying it’s the wrong way to go, but everyone should be aware that changing candidate to someone completely new this close to the election absolutely won’t be a cakewalk.

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        4 months ago

        We have plenty of party leaders. We’re not starting with unknowns. The people we’re talking about are 90 percent of the way there.