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thenewgreen · 4619 days ago · link · · parent · post: My math on the Republican Primary

All I see is one big media-fest... -That pretty much sums it up. The media and the elections have a symbiotic relationship. Every election cycle it seems to start sooner. The sooner they start, the sooner the media conglomerates and the politicians can start making money. It's like when retail shops start putting out their christmas decorations in October.

The sooner the cycle starts, the sooner the candidates can start rallying their base and begin raising money. In the United States, the candidate that raises the most money wins the election 98% of the time. It's extremely important to fund raise early and to do so you have to establish yourself as the front runner and establish your opponent as the anti-christ.

It's obnoxious but at the same time, it can be quite entertaining too. I apologize that our theatre of politics is infiltrating your news cycle already.

I have to say, I really am looking forward to this election though. I think it will be an exciting one.

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speeding_snail · 4619 days ago · link ·

It is not necessarily a bad thing that we get some news from the US, since it can indeed be quite entertaining. Especially when the reporter himself is kinda hooked. It seems its just the way Americans do things. When you do something, make it big.

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thenewgreen · 4619 days ago · link ·

We are definitely not that subtle when it comes to our media and our politics.