Be honest..........

[Lincoln Republican]

How many of you really read the long winded speeches made by candidates here in Atlasia during their campaigns for office?

[Franzl]

Never

[Flake]

I'll read it if it's three or four paragraphs, but some people need to learn to speak less

[Dr. Cynic]

I do if the subject interests me.

[Blair]

I honestly write then for my own enjoyment, that's why I put the policy stuff in bold at the moment- as long as people read that it's fine.

[Lincoln Republican]

In all honesty, if the speech, or article, is too long, I will sometimes only briefly skim over it to get some idea of what the candidate is saying. 

Sometimes I won't read any of it.

 

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I never do

[Cranberry]

Pretty much what people said, yes. If it's short, okay. If it's medium length, skip through it. If it's too long, not really.

[Maxwell]

I'll skim it most of the time, but yes, I feel like people should use shorter paragraphs and summarize. Same problem as the long bills in the game.

That said I always try to read TNF's posts, particularly because he bolds important parts.

[free my dawg]

Not really. I just skim.

[Adam Griffin]

I read everything because I'm looking for gotcha moments. It's how I won my at-large Senate race!

[SWE]

I read Winfield and TNF speeches. That's about it

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Yes, yes... I know I'm too long-winded... I get it

But at this point... meh.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Considering my past with massive speeches, all the recent ones have intentially been referred to as long in an attempt at poking fun. I did plan to have three short parahraphs in my pro-life speech, which I sarcastically referred to as "as long as my Senate tenure". But then I found I more to say and so it got a bit longer thus partially ruining the joke, but it is still short comparatively speaking and gets to the point rather quickly.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Yes, yes... I know I'm too long-winded... I get it.

But at this point... meh.

I read most of your speeches.

[Barnes]

I do. And to be honest, I think they're more for ourselves than anything else to let us feel like we're actually simulating a political campaign - at least to an extent.