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1. He doesn't need a certain number of votes to keep his job.

and

2. He makes LOTS of $$$ by selling ad space on radio internet, and other venues

Without the "votes" he gets, he wouldn't be able to sell any advertising spots which pay his "salary".



Both of your points above are completely related.

And, you are actually quite wrong about Rush's "voters".

Though his votes don't come from an actual election in the traditional sense, he does need the public to tune in to his radio show. Without that "audience" which comprises his "votes", he wouldn't be as popular as he is and he wouldn't have a radio show. Bottom line is, his audience are his "voters". And he needs those "voters" in order to keep his job.

Air personalities come and go, and Rush is still around by way of his large audience. The air personalities and radio stations that failed did so because their "audience" was non-existent. In other words, the lack of audience "voted" them out.

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"Bottom line is, his audience are his 'voters'. And he needs those "voters" in order to keep his job.

Perhaps, but he can (and does) quite well with only 20-30% of the "voters".

Other people can't be very successful unless they actually get 50% + 1%.