TV... bypasses the ballot box!

The TV image ends all national and party politics.

Way back in 1968, Marshall McLuhan predicted that "TV bypasses the ballot box" and "ends party politics."  

Everybody, including the talking heads, wonders "how did Trump make progress toward the Republican nomination without party support?" 

Saturday Evening Post (August 10, 1968)      

All of the Candidates are Asleep         

By: Marshall McLuhan


But in a deep sense, TV bypasses the ballot box as a means of creating political "representatives." TV is  not concerned with view or interests or issues. It is a maker and finder of images that ride over all points of view and over all age-groups as well. The TV image ends all national and party politics.