utilitymonster comments on Politics as Charity - Less Wrong

29 Post author: CarlShulman 23 September 2010 05:33AM

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Comment author: utilitymonster 23 September 2010 12:28:26PM 2 points [-]

Thanks for writing this, Carl. I'm going to post a link in the GWWC forum.

Here are some papers you should add to your bibliography, if you haven't already:

What is the Probability Your Vote Will Make a Difference? Voting as a Rational Choice

In the first paper, his probability estimate is 1 in 60 million on average for a voter in a US presidential election, 1 in 10 million in the best cases (New Mexico, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Colorado).

If you focused on the best case, that could mean an order of magnitude for you.

Comment author: CarlShulman 23 September 2010 12:33:34PM 2 points [-]

Thanks utilitymonster. As it happens, they're already in the draft for the next post following this one.