The Real Point Behind Presidential Campaigns this Early before Elections

     In the opinion column of The Daily Texan, University of Texas - Austin journalist Walker Fountain weighs in on the matter of presidential campaigns over a year before the actual presidential election. He argues that political campaigns are designed to present your position and ideas to the public and there's hardly any feasible way of doing so, at least in a manner relevant to the presidential election as the current time is far too away from the times of the issues that they will actually be dealing with, (assuming they are elected). This is self-evident in the commercials and events that are sponsored and held by the campaigners, as very few of them are about actual issues or opinions but more so just announcing that they're running for President, they're going to be a great President and empty-promise us to fix all of our problems. Hell, even Jeb Bush is asking $500 just to hear him talk! So are these events more about informing the public and what they stand for as a candidate, or just raising attention, publicity and of course, fund raising cash? I'm pretty sure it's the latter in this case. As stated by the author this has huge implications for not just the election process but modern American society at large, are we a nation of people whose government makes decisions from votes that meet the majority of the people's needs? Or are we a nation whose government makes decisions from votes that meet the majority of people that were fooled with empty promises the fastest?