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**Tapupah** · 07-26-2012, 06:30 PM

I didn't say anything about the Constitution. I'm speaking of a theoretical ideal for a country, not what does or could necessarily exist in America. I'm not a constitutional scholar. The difficulty here is that, ideally, voters should be convinced rationally. Psychology tells us that more or less the exact opposite is true.

Why is rationality a pre-requisite to vote? Seriously, the vote action is akin to any other purchasing decision. Essentially all purchasing decisions come down to fulfilling an emotional response. Why would voting be different or expected to be?

07-26-2012, 06:30 PM	#30
Tapupah Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 474 Senior Member	I didn't say anything about the Constitution. I'm speaking of a theoretical ideal for a country, not what does or could necessarily exist in America. I'm not a constitutional scholar. The difficulty here is that, ideally, voters should be convinced rationally. Psychology tells us that more or less the exact opposite is true. Why is rationality a pre-requisite to vote? Seriously, the vote action is akin to any other purchasing decision. Essentially all purchasing decisions come down to fulfilling an emotional response. Why would voting be different or expected to be?
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