Their election cycles happen every 2 years and I think there's no time limit for electoral advertising. So they're always promoting candidates, almost all year round.

To top that off, they have only two parties and party affiliation is almost like supporting a sports club.

A recipe for great objectivity.

I agree, it's all insane isn't it...

For neutrality's sake I'll say there's Team Green, and Team Yellow. When Green is in power, Yellow supporters might scream about a topic, like debt. Then Team Yellow comes into power. Spending goes crazy, Team Green supporters point out previous Team Yellow statements about debt, and their current conduct. What does the average Team Yellow supporter do? They don't listen, they don't try to analyze the stuff themselves, they listen to their own news media.

The problem is when political polarization becomes so strong that they become two separate ethnicities. The USA would probably have already fallen apart if it wasn't a federal country ?

Entertaining, or entertaining in a “US politics is like a car crash” way?

I have a hard time discerning myself at times.

Politics is sports for those who think themselves too educated for sports.

Sports teams, exactly. Why would you ever support someone on the other team? It's all about winning, right?