Bryan Caplan makes a similar argument in The Myth of the Rational Voter—in a nutshell, the probability that a vote will actually have much of an effect in an election is negligible, and therefore also the individual voter’s costs of choosing poorly. On the other hand, the benefit of voting in a way that feels right—matching self or group image, for example—may be notable. Likewise most political argument?
Bryan Caplan makes a similar argument in The Myth of the Rational Voter—in a nutshell, the probability that a vote will actually have much of an effect in an election is negligible, and therefore also the individual voter’s costs of choosing poorly. On the other hand, the benefit of voting in a way that feels right—matching self or group image, for example—may be notable. Likewise most political argument?