In the United States, the election campaign is turning into a year-long show at a cost of billions of dollars. This already calls into question the professionalism of the electoral process and the electoral authorities. Because in this case it is not the qualities of the candidate that are evaluated, but, let’s say, his ability to make the people feel comfortable and to say what people want to hear. It is populism, Steve Samarin said.
Mudslinging and verbal attacks seem to be the decisive factor in a show. This year-long show splits the society, he added.
According to Steve Samarin, a newly-elected U.S. president spends the first year getting up to speed and trying to “sort out the things that the previous president messed up”. The next two…