I think they exploited the psychological bias that n=all.

They do it for elections and they do it for major news media.

When people see these candidates they believe all the issues are represented and organized for.

When people see news coverage they believe that all stories have made it into the news cycle.

Even at the lower frequencies. For elections that could be independents or fringe politics. For news that could be local news stations or even social media.

The truth is many many issues aren't being represented and Many many more stories have not been told. If you look at what the national insurance pool does it could be said many are being suppressed.

https://youtu.be/BYSFvq8sr7A

That's also true for the courts.

We've decided that votes save Democracy (or it could be anything else). What I have not seen represented on the National level is why we are so addicted to votes to saving democracy (or your urgent issue) and if there are better systems.

Have you never had an obvious issue it seemed wasn't reaching the national level?

Have you ever asked yourself who's missing?

From candidates. From news stories. From landmark legal cases.