Why Is American Election Season So Long?

Talk about the next presidential election is already underway and that's because American presidential candidates run relatively long campaigns.

If it feels like it's always election season — you're not really wrong. 

Talk about the next presidential election is already underway and that's because American presidential candidates campaign longer than candidates in most other countries. 

For example, former Congressman John Delaney announced his bid for the 2020 presidential election on July 28, 2017 — 1,194 days before election day. That's enough time to play 41 World Cups, 75 summer Olympics games or to watch the final 2020 presidential debate 19,000 times.