matsn comments on Voting is like donating thousands of dollars to charity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: matsn 06 November 2012 06:53:17PM *  1 point [-]

I don't think a single vote -- and that's all any voter has -- sends any message. It hardly makes a difference to party A whether party B gets 279451 or 279452 votes.