(November 19, 2014 at 1:06 am)Aractus Wrote:(November 19, 2014 at 12:00 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: No wonder our turnout was only 35% of eligible voters this last election.Yep, imagine if you will you're on trial. It's your right to be tried by a jury of your peers and there are 12 jurors. At the end of the trial the jury leaves the court room and only 4 jurors return to deliver a verdict - the other 8 decided they didn't want to vote. How would that make you feel?
That only the most fanatical of the four are likely left. Fanatics don't see things from different perspectives and so have a limited understanding of the things they are so passionate about. Thus my jury is not likely to have a nuanced position or full understanding of what they're going to rule on.
Your analogy fits with my experience. When few people vote, the more fanatical are the ones who disproportionately show up and the effect becomes more apparent in our government.
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