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If there's a flaw in democracy, it's that people can use any criteria they want to vote. :) If people ignore all logic and vote entirely based on a candidate's
by makecheck 17y ago
If there's a flaw in democracy, it's that people can use any criteria they want to vote. :) If people ignore all logic and vote entirely based on a candidate's name or color, there's really nothing stopping them.
But what would discourage such shallow thinking, is a media that sets a good example. If newscasters' generalizations are closer to the best interests of voters (e.g. "popularity among people in <profession>"), it may have a positive effect on attitudes in society.
- philwelch 17y agoThe media's job isn't to "set an example", it's to report things as they are. As things are, people vote differently based upon sex and race, because they have different experiences and viewpoints and stations in life due to sex and race. Even when all the candidates are white males, black people tend to vote for the white male that supports affirmative action and civil rights over the white male who does not.
- didip 17y agoSince most media companies is run as for-profit, I would say that selling stories that sells is in their best interest as opposed to reporting things as they are. Telling stories about black vs white candidates/voters are too profitable to passed up.
- philwelch 17y agoBe that as it may, the objective thing to do is still to report differences between voting populations based upon race and sex, because those differences do actually exist.