Vladimir_Nesov comments on Why should you vote? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 30 October 2010 02:42:57PM *  0 points [-]

For many years I've been interested in the "paradox" that your vote tends to never alter the outcome of an election [...]

However I don't find my argument all that compelling, because even voter turnout is going to be approximately the same whether you vote or not.

I don't think these are true, in the relevant sense of acausal influence of your decision on the outcome (though I don't have a formal understanding of how that works).