[BeautifulBurnout]

Pretty dumb for sure. They really are just spouting rubbish and in a very aggressive way. Reminds me of the old National Front vs Anti-Nazi League days.

I think part of the problem is that in the States candidates have something like 5 or 6 months of solid campaigning (if not more) before the elections, whereas here in the UK they campaign for 5 weeks and that's that.

IMO that means that there is less time for resentments to build, badmouthing to be done and mud to be slung at each other through tv ads and the like. Also I don't believe organisations other than the parties themselves are allowed to fund advertising either, which makes a big difference. Each party has a certain amount of airtime allocated to make their point.