jmmcd comments on Voting is not rational (usually.) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jmmcd 04 November 2010 12:33:02AM 0 points [-]

One doesn't just vote in order to get candidate X in (or to signal or "cheer for one's favourite team"). One also votes for X in order to, roughly speaking, live in a world where people vote for X. Search LW for "decision theory" material.