Be better. And if someone better steps up to the plate, I'll be first in line to cast my ballot," he says. Young people often fall into this category, says Huddy, because they "follow news less closely and are more likely than older Americans to get their news from social media. They do not feel especially well-informed about political candidates and think that the act of voting is more difficult than do older Americans. When measuring someone's propensity to vote, it "matters whether a person is interested in politics or sees politics as something central to their sense of self," he says.
There are "lots of things we can care more or less about: music, baseball, abstract art, and so on," Federico says. Others do not. All other things being equal, people who are less interested in politics — or who do not see their political beliefs as central to their identity — are less likely to vote.
Extroverts and people who are more open to new experiences are more likely to vote, Federico says, and conversely, people who are "relatively close-minded and don't like new things" and those "who are less outgoing and assertive" are less likely to vote. While there can be a lot that goes into a person's decision to vote or not, the fact that millions of people vote at all is a wonder, says Jay Van Bavel, an associate professor in New York University's Department of Psychology , whose research focuses on things like moral values and political beliefs affect the brain and behavior.
The election was similar. Those friends of mine were in the majority. Yes, apathy is one of them , but there are many other barriers.
There are student voting restrictions , confusing registration rules, long lines at polling centers, voter purges. This year is no different. Except now, during a global pandemic, we also have to worry about our health and safety at the polls.
Having even one positive interpersonal experience can go a long way when discussing the election. And, more often than not, just taking the time to listen to someone else is enough to make them reconsider their positions. If you are reading this and if you have doubts about the efficacy of your vote, that is completely understandable. People have all sorts of reasons for not voting. A democracy that makes people feel heard and makes them excited to vote. Voting is so much more about the big picture than just the present and the candidates that we either love or hate.
Vote for the disenfranchised and marginalized, vote for empathy and justice, vote to better the status quo, vote to protect our democracy. Voting looks and feels good, but it does not mean you have done any good.
If you want to help others, spend Election Day working and then donate your earnings to a GiveWell. Your vote matters only if you break a tie. The most optimistic theory in political science estimates that voters in swing states have a 1-in million chance of deciding the presidential election.
It gets worse. In the American Political Science Review the premier journal in political science , Adam Dynes and John Holbein carefully and rigorously measure how parties affect economic, education, crime, family, social, environmental and health outcomes.
They find zero difference between Republican and Democratic state governments. Republican and Democratic voters cancel each other. If — contrary to fact — voting for the better candidate is like donating thousands of dollars to charity, then voting for the worse candidate is like stealing thousands.
You should vote only if you vote the right way.
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