Voters Are Ignorant, but Elitism Is Not the Answer

Most political ignorance is not the result of stupidity, but of largely rational behavior. The chance that your vote will make a difference to the outcome of an election is infinitesimally small (about 1 in 60 million for a presidential election). The best approach to mitigating political ignorance is not to give up on empowering ordinary people, but to empower them in a different way.