binge tracking

After an election, when the results are being tabulated like in 2020, obsessively tracking the news coverage, even if there is hardly any minute-to-minute change in the news, to find out the election winner. The amount of time devoted to watching the news is comparable to time devoted to watching an entire series of a sitcom at the same time. While watching the news feels more justified based on the idea that you are fulfilling your civic duty, it is in fact questionable whether one needs to continuously keep track of the election coverage to that degree.

Chuck: Hey, what have you been doing today?

Zak: I've been binge tracking CNN all day today to see if Pennsylvania and Georgia will flip Democrat.

Chuck: Yeah me, too. I want to see if Arizona will flip Republican.