• SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    The United States has some of the longest election cycles, maybe in the world, but definitely among western liberal democracies.

    So yes, the literal act itself takes a day. But everything surrounding that day is taken up by planning for the next election, enough robs people of other kinds of political engagement, by being such a massive time and energy sink.