B
Yeah, um, I, I suspect the apathy is due to something like people just feeling that, that their vote doesn't count anyway. I mean, why, why bother voting if, um, if your vote won't make a difference. So for instance, in, um, the last presidential election, I'm sure a lot of people thought, Oh, Bush is going to win either way, why bother voting.
A
Why should I go out of my way when it doesn't matter.
B
That's right. I think that's, and, and the other side of the coin is, um, people saying, well, if I really like the underdog candidate, I still think they're not going to win, so are only the same two caucuses, certainly not going to win, why bother voting for him. So. I thi-, I think that's a big, uh, a big, a big reason for it. How abou-,
A
Oh, I think so, too. And I think the other thing is the news me-, media puts such a blitz on it that they we-, had it predetermined with a half of one percent voting, you know.
B
Um, that's true. Actually I never thought about that, that, that's a good rea-,
A
And I, I think the, you hear the news, you know, you start out in the morning, and all day you hear the news,