There’s a viral clip brilliantly capturing election fatigue that lives rent-free in my head.

Brenda from Bristol is informed by a BBC reporter that then British prime minister Theresa May has just called a snap election. “You’re joking,” she says, her West Country accent about to dramatically lilt. “Not another one. For God’s sake, I can’t stand this!”

Brenda lives in a country with voluntary voting that usually has up to five-year election terms.

Anyone going to a wedding on election day may want to consider voting early.Credit: Jason South

Imagine if she were to suffer such democratic assault on average every 2½ years – the average Australian term since Federation. Brenda’s blood would boil.

It’s a sentiment Australians may justifiably share. We have one of the shortest election terms in the democratic world. We’re in a tiny cohort of global outliers with three-year terms. Among 186 nations with active legislatures, just over half have five-year terms, and 40 per cent have four-year terms.

Even as a self-confessed election lover, I’m feeling Saturday’s election is premature.

It’s not just because myself (or Brenda) can’t believe how quickly time has elapsed since the last one. We only need to look to........

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