Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
I think I would rather shoot myself than listen to non stop political campaigning between elections. Drop the writ for an election, campaign for 30 days, vote and then just get on with the grunt with what you have.

Bob
It's because the US has SO many elected officials. Every 4 years there's the Presidential elections. There are 100 seats on the Senate and 435 in the House of Representatives, every few years a handful of each house of Congress need elections. Each state has a governor - think miniature President, and it's own form of mini-congress these positions are also up for grabs every few years. So at any given time there's an important seat somewhere needs an elected official, thus what seems to be round the clock campaigning.