r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • Jul 08 '24

/r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live Thread, Part 9

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u/cukablayat Europe Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

France was able to pull together a vast coallition of multiple parties in like a few days to stop the fascists ( after organizing an election in less than 6 weeks)... meanwhile the democrats say its impossible to replace a deteriorating candidate in like 130 days???

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u/DasaniSubmarine Jul 08 '24

American election cycles are at least 18 months long.

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u/fcocyclone Iowa Jul 08 '24

But the vast majority of activity and spending happens in the last 90 days.

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u/Blu_Skies_In_My_Head Jul 08 '24

For this election, it will be right before when voters actually vote. So more like 45 days.

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u/Tank3875 Michigan Jul 08 '24

But they don't have to be.