Voter Turnouts As Expected

     With huge early voter turnouts this year, many people wondered if the polling places could even handle it.  Yet, as the early voting numbers are to account for about 30% of the total turnout for this election, I can't help but wonder how much of it is due to the news.  Certainly, voter turnout wouldn't be nearly as high as expected if the media had not been pushing it for the entire past year.  Obviously, it is a very controversial election year and that the news companies are giving the american people what they want.  However, a large portion of their coverage and broadcasting has to do with their own agendas.  How much can we attribute the increased participation in this years election to journalists?  And is that their role?

     I think that journalists have been doing a fairly good job of fulfilling their role as informing the public and would even venture to say that they are fulfilling their role in getting the people out to vote.  Isn't helping citizens perform their duty one way to serve the public interests?   With all the more intensive coverage that we're going to see over the next week I think it will only show how influential the media really is.