He's got an excellent point, except that wherever he's from, there's that pesky thing called "the primary" to vote in.
After the primary, it's all downhill from there. Nothing left to do but let the answering machine pick up from the pollsters and nickel hustlers and the "Help Me Defeat That Democrat" beggars; throw away the junk mail, and if you're into TV (I'm not, but Mrs E is), watching all the attack ads.