Paradox of voting

Article — 6 November 2013 — 783 words

Not voting is a valid democratic act

People often claim that if you do not vote then you automatically lose your right to have a say in any way. This idea is dangerous and wrong.

Article — 25 October 2008 — 299 words

The paradox of the paradox of voting

Economics — Politics

I wrote my dissertation about the paradox of voting, which is the problem that rational choice theorists have in explaining why people vote. You are more likely to be killed on the way to the polling station than affect the result once you’re inside it — so why vote? The puzzle interested me as soon […]