Re: A challenge for democrats
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The idea that individual votes don't matter seems wrong to me. Taken to the extreme this means no one's vote matters so no one shows up. We're than governed by the one person that did show up...
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While he says meaningless, I'd imagine he means next to meaningless. I mean, I suppose hypothetically your vote could be the one that changes the election (though the odds has to be greater the one in a billion).
The meaning of your vote depends on both the amount of people voting, and your ability to influence other voters.
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You're also vastly overestimating the pull of cable news.
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80% of all news in America is provided by five companies. Cable is not only a large amount of news, but it's also where those five companies dominate the most.
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Irregardless, I do not see this as a problem since people are not forced to get their news from these organizations.
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They may not be forced, but it certainly presents a problem.
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