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Is An Uninformed Vote Better Than No Vote?
ras_b asks: "I don't pay attention to politics at all, and so I will not be voting in today's elections. My family has been telling me that this is a mistake and I should vote anyway, partly because I have slightly conservative views which agrees with their political outlook. My reasoning is that since I am totally uninformed, I shouldn't vote. I don't want to vote Republican or Democrat, only to find out later I totally disagree with something a candidate stands for. So, here's my dilemma and my question: Is an uninformed vote better than no vote?" This issue is touched upon in a posting by Ezra Klein, of the The American Prospect, who disagrees, arguing against a similar assertion by Greg Mankiw, from a suppressed Fortune article. Greg says: "Sometimes...the most responsible thing a person can do on election day is stay at home ... If you really don't know enough to cast an intelligent vote, you should be eager to let your more informed neighbors make the decision." What do you think?
Is An Uninformed Vote Better Than No Vote?
Is crapflooding better than a no post?
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
...cancel each other out.
Like choosing between a Douche and a Turd
You cannot be TOTALLY ignorant. You will know something.
You must be new here.
Why do you assume a uniform distribution? This could be skewed by any number of factors including the attractiveness of a party name, effective though uninformative marketing, misconceptions based on historic positions of the parties and the order of names on the ballot.
Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Reality has a conservative bias: it conserves mass, energy, momentum...
OSQ: Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos
Just shut up and vote yes on prop A unless you hate families.
You don't hate family, do you?
By the way: to other gay atheists out there short on flags and kerosene: now is the time to purchase them on ebay, before wedding season starts.
Just keep your personal, embroidered copies of the homosexual agenda secure, okay? We can't let the right get ahold of any of them.
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Eh, I just wouldn't belong to any party that would have me as part of its constituency is all.
KFG
A recent study which I won't cite because it might refute my claim states that about two-thirds of statistics are completely made up. Another study would seem to correlate that fact, stating that during periods of electioneering there is a consistent onslaught of made up studies. I won't cite my sources because it's better you take my word for it. Especially on /., because nobody here cares about reading those _boring_ studies discussing sociological trends.
A recent study shows that that last bit is a joke, for those of you with no sense for sarcasm.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. . . . . . . .
This is only true for extremely bad values of "pretty well".
In Bushels?
Modern copyright is theft of culture from everyone and it retards the progress of the useful arts and sciences.
What the hell have I ever done to you?
KFG
I'm sorry. I believe you misspelt "Bushificationalisms".
If you disagree, post your argument. (-1, Overrated) isn't your personal censorship tool for views you don't like.