Our political campaigns are too long

From the New Hampshire Bulletin:

Four hundred and forty-four days prior to the 2024 presidential election, millions of Americans tuned into the first Republican primary debate. If this seems like a long time to contemplate the candidates, it is.

By comparison, Canadian election campaigns average just 50 days. In France, candidates have just two weeks to campaign, while Japanese law restricts campaigns to a meager 12 days.

Those countries all give more power than the United States does to the legislative branch, which might explain the limited attention to the selection of the chief executive. But Mexico – which, like the U.S., has a presidential system – allows only 90 days for its presidential campaigns, with a 60-day “pre-season,” the equivalent of the U.S. nomination campaign....

Rob's comment:

The talking heads on TV keep repeating the dubious political challenge facing Kamala Harris, that she has only 100 days to convince Americans that she's a better choice than Donald Trump. 

Instead, Americans will be politically exhausted long before November. After Harris is elected, she should propose legislation to limit US presidential campaigns to 60 days. If that is still too tiresome, 30 days could be tried.