Figures don't lie..... do they?

Fact: In the year of 2008, in a National presidential election to determine the future of our country in a perilous time - over a two week early voting period, with absentee ballots for the absent, the infirmed, and the elderly..... Obama vs McCain

129 million Americans cast their vote for president

Fact: Tuesday evening, in a brief four hour period after the Nine PM EDT conclusion of the final competition on American Idol -- able to vote only by texting and other instant means... a 16 year old R&B singer vs a 22 year old guitar strumming country singer..

132 million Americans cast their vote for this years American Idol!

I'm not sure what to make of this -- do you?