Canada is a whole different country, 59% of Americans suffer from election fatigue, why American elections are so long, why Canadians have short elections, is the Canadian way better?, and a Canadian idea we should definitely steal.

Links:

  • Chris Higgins on Twitter
  • Chris Higgins on Instagram
  • Kirby Ferguson on Twitter
  • Kirby Ferguson’s video series, This is Not a Conspiracy Theory
  • Election Ride Home on Twitter
  • Election Ride Home on Facebook
  • Why Canada bucks the two-party system (National Post)
  • How The U.S. And Canadian Election Processes Differ (Toronto City News)
  • The American election explained (Maclean’s)
  • Overview of Federal Elections in Canada (ThoughtCo)
  • Most Americans already feel election coverage fatigue (Pew Research)
  • Why do American elections last so long? (WaPo)
  • Why This Election Feels Never-Ending (NYT)
  • American Elections: How Long Is Too Long? (The Atlantic)
  • How Presidential Campaigns Became Two-Year Marathons (NYT)
  • Why Does Iowa Vote First, Anyway? (NPR)
  • Why are American elections so long? (Pacific Standard)
  • Why Are U.S. Elections So Much Longer Than Other Countries'? (NPR)
  • OpenSecrets.org Campaign Funding (Open Secrets)
  • How Money Affects Elections (FiveThirtyEight)
  • The typical US Congress member is 12 times richer than the typical American household (Quartz)
  • Voter turnout in the United States presidential elections (Wikipedia)
  • Voter turnout in Canada (Wikipedia)
  • Three Things the U.S. Could Learn from Canada’s Election (Brennan Center)
  • How Canada ended gerrymandering (Vox)
  • Gerrymandering Wikipedia entry (Wikipedia)
  • Where does the term gerrymandering come from? (Vox)

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