tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795902.post138569522005913417..comments2023-07-22T07:33:57.869-07:00Comments on Take Control Of Your...: Do 28% of Americans vote for the "wrong" candidate?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12367655894840073669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795902.post-24290472567057083132008-10-16T22:33:00.000-07:002008-10-16T22:33:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795902.post-61145675005765317712008-10-16T13:49:00.000-07:002008-10-16T13:49:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795902.post-86343710393890372592008-10-15T04:02:00.000-07:002008-10-15T04:02:00.000-07:00Is there a right choice? I doubt that I'm the only...Is there a right choice? I doubt that I'm the only person who routinely feels unrepresented by any of the candidates up for election. Voting is then a matter of choosing the lesser of various evils, which can be a hard calculation to make.<BR/><BR/>Bearing in mind the negligible chance that anyone's individual vote will make any difference to the result of the election, it's hardly surprising that many people don't invest much time or effort in becoming informed voters. From the individual's point of view, it's not a productive investment.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure there are various possible solutions to this problem of democracy, but in general they're politically infeasible, and there's some danger of the cure being worse than the disease.<BR/><BR/>In the long term, I'd like to see government becoming less important, so that the results of the voting don't matter so much. But perhaps this is as optimistic as hoping that voters will become better informed.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.com