knb comments on Why should you vote? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: knb 29 October 2010 11:03:30PM *  4 points [-]

I don't vote. Part of the reason is that I have little confidence in my ability to judge which candidate will be better (because I don't have traditional left-right views. ) I also have little reason to put effort into determining who is more likely to be better since voting has so little benefit.

I don't think voting is immoral, though, and I can see that there are some situations where voting is the smart thing to do. For example, if you want to demonstrate your affiliation with a group, or if you just like the act of civic participation.