Paradox of voting

The paradox of voting, also called Downs' paradox, is that for a rational, self-interested voter, the costs of voting will normally exceed the expected benefits. Because the chance of exercising the pivotal vote is minuscule compared to any realistic estimate of the private individual benefits of the different possible outcomes, the expected benefits of voting are less than the costs.

Paradox of voting - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paradox of the expected benefit of voting This article is about the expected benefit of an individual's vote. For the intransitivity of majority rule among three or more alternatives, see Condorcet paradox . A crowd of voters queuing at a polling station in Caracas Part of the Politics series Voting Balloting Ballots Absentee ballot Provisional ballot Sample ballot Candidates and Ballot measures Write-in candidate Electorate Slate Ticket Collection Ballot box Compulsory voting Early voting Electronic voting Ope

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