Kevin Elliott: If you've heard it's flatly irrational to vote and wonder if that's right, this short piece is for you. The math doesn't check out

If you've heard it's flatly irrational to vote and wonder if that's right, this short piece is for you. The math doesn't check out

"Everyone with too much sense uses breath to say 'voting is irrational' a lot every two years." www.liberalcurrents.com/if-you-see-v...

If You See Voting, Say Nothingwww.liberalcurrents.com It’s an article of faith among some anarchists and authoritarians that voting is an irrational action. There’s a proof, somewhere, in a book—was it Democracy and Decision by Geoffrey Brennan and Loren...

Voting, after all, has multiple benefits: 1) I might be the deciding vote on at least 1 of the races on which I vote. 2) Since I research my down ballot and proposition votes and spread my knowledge to voting friends who do less research, I may have more effect (and they get to spend less time) ...

3) Though my ballot is secret, the fact that I voted is public, and that might make me a bit more likely to be listened to when I do my between elections activism. 4) All of this comes for a very small cost to me. /end

It’s peak Economist Brain

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