orthonormal comments on Does My Vote Matter? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: orthonormal 07 November 2012 07:07:06AM *  1 point [-]

That argument is correct: real-world voting only has as much effect on the odds as an Erewhonian vote if the polls are within the margin of error (roughly speaking).

Voting for a party that's well behind in the polls only has effects via future elections. These indirect effects are still significant enough, in my opinion, to make it worth voting.