Why Are U.S. Presidential Elections So Long?
How U.S. Presidential Campaigns Became Two-Year Marathons
From announcements to election day, presidential campaigns in the U.S. can last up to two years. So how did elections get this long?


If it feels like this election season has been dragging on for years, that's because it has been, quite literally. Hillary Clinton first announced her candidacy in April, 2015 -- 576 days before election day. In the 2008 campaign, she got to the party even earlier: 654 days in advance.
Presidential campaigns in the U.S. are remarkably long and drawn-out events, relative to the rest of the world. Election season in Japan, for instance, is just 12 days long :/
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