I agree with Eric and Janice below. In Canada, you run for 6 weeks. I know England is also a contained period of time. I believe the answer is money. I think it is 6 or 7 weeks there. I could be wrong but I believe the UK campaign finance now limits much you can spend as well and everyone gets the same amount. If you allow money to go to "sky is the limit" then only the wealthy or people with wealthy backers can win. And it will drag on forever. If we had some campaign finance rules that were similar, our politicians wouldn't be running ALL the time and get down to the peoples' business.
I agree with Eric and Janice below. In Canada, you run for 6 weeks. I know England is also a contained period of time. I believe the answer is money. I think it is 6 or 7 weeks there. I could be wrong but I believe the UK campaign finance now limits much you can spend as well and everyone gets the same amount. If you allow money to go to "sky is the limit" then only the wealthy or people with wealthy backers can win. And it will drag on forever. If we had some campaign finance rules that were similar, our politicians wouldn't be running ALL the time and get down to the peoples' business.