Mon. 09/16 – Are Canadian Elections Better?

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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