how do we feel about political $ giving actually having an effect on electoral outcomes?
For myself, I get the feeling that voters are under-engaged and I worry - is the electorate too big? Is it too easy to vote. We all know the correct answer is "no! we need to make it easier to vote!" - but is bringing low information/ low effort voters to the polls a potential "bug" in democracy?
Like, if someone runs ads pointing out that Hillary Clinton's sensitive emails from her time as secretary of state have been found on the (perilously named) Anthony Wiener's laptop - that seems to move the needle. Something ... seems ... not ... right?
so, this article brings a question to mind:
how do we feel about political $ giving actually having an effect on electoral outcomes?
For myself, I get the feeling that voters are under-engaged and I worry - is the electorate too big? Is it too easy to vote. We all know the correct answer is "no! we need to make it easier to vote!" - but is bringing low information/ low effort voters to the polls a potential "bug" in democracy?
Like, if someone runs ads pointing out that Hillary Clinton's sensitive emails from her time as secretary of state have been found on the (perilously named) Anthony Wiener's laptop - that seems to move the needle. Something ... seems ... not ... right?