“They have coordinated voting with remote controls from Brighthouse cable to let people vote every day”
In other words, “TV people” decide who gets the nomination.
You’d be suprised how many people in this country don’t have computers or internet, but spend huge amounts of time watching nothing MSM TV.
The only “book” you’ll ever see anywhere these types is People magazine. Seriously.
Sounds much like the society described in Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451".