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Today is Election Day, albeit a quiet one. There isn’t much at stake in New York. There’s more action in New Jersey, though voter turnout is expected to be low, as it is in California. The irony is that the typical voter is more likely to have an impact in a smaller election than in a larger one, but it’s the bigger elections that draw far more voters.
In this new installment of FREAK-TV, Levitt explains why many economists don’t bother to vote — but why you should, if you really feel like it. If you find this viewpoint depressing, and want to become even further depressed, you should read this article we wrote a couple years ago about the utility of voting.
See you at the polls.
Or not.
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I actually find this update rather funny. If we theorize that this blog is mainly read by middle to upperclass citizens and they at the same time contitute a substantial number of voters. Wouldn’t this post make the polls shift in favor of candidates whose politics favor the the lowest classes in society, due to the now lacking votes from the middle to upperclasses of society?
I actually find this update rather funny. If we theorize that this blog is mainly read by middle to upperclass citizens and they at the same time contitute a substantial number of voters. Wouldn’t this post make the polls shift in favor of candidates whose politics favor the the lowest classes in society, due to the now lacking votes from the middle to upperclasses of society?
Who made the “No vote. No right to complain” rule?
The rule should be, “if you voted for the person who won, you have no right to complain.”
The person who didn’t vote has all the right to complain that he wants.
Who made the “No vote. No right to complain” rule?
The rule should be, “if you voted for the person who won, you have no right to complain.”
The person who didn’t vote has all the right to complain that he wants.
I’ll second #2′s notion.
I’ll second #2′s notion.
So from what you say in your linked article, these “economists” are only interested in their immediate self interest, they can’t spare 30 minutes for voting on the sole premise that it is statistically unlikely to be a close election. These “economists” don’t care about fundamentals of democracy, they don’t care about participating in society, they don’t care about taxes and wars, they dont care about whether the government increases or decreases the fiscal deficits.
I don’t know about you, but to me these “economists” seem terribly stupid.
So from what you say in your linked article, these “economists” are only interested in their immediate self interest, they can’t spare 30 minutes for voting on the sole premise that it is statistically unlikely to be a close election. These “economists” don’t care about fundamentals of democracy, they don’t care about participating in society, they don’t care about taxes and wars, they dont care about whether the government increases or decreases the fiscal deficits.
I don’t know about you, but to me these “economists” seem terribly stupid.