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I'd rather have 100% turnout by the 10% who are actually informed about the issues and candidates.

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Group A: Group B isn't informed. If they were, they would vote for Group A.

Group B: Group A isn't informed. If they were, they would vote for Group B.

Group C: Group A and Group B completely miss the point, their choice is meaningless until Issues 1, 2, and 3 are addressed.

Surely among those who already vote, there are also the most partisan and most fanatical among the whole population so you really cannot conclude that those who vote are necessarily more informed, just more motivated.

who decides if someone is informed enough? will their be a test? if so, we're treading dangerously into the jim crow era of american voting, and i don't think either one of us would be comfortable with that.

Each potential voter decides if they are informed enough. Or at least interested enough. And the two probably go together.

I find more informed people are often less motivated to vote.

According to the sidebar in the Wikipedia article on voter turnout[1], increasing education leads to increasing likelihood to vote.

38% - No high school 43% - Some high school 57% - High school graduate 66% - Some college 79% - College grad 84% - Post-graduate

Though, possibly, being educated isn't the same thing as being informed.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout#Socio-economic_f...

There are barriers to voting that tend to crop up the less white collar your job. One sad issue is lines tend to be vastly longer in poor areas.

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How is it partisan? I know plenty of people whom I consider informed on the issues with whom I am in complete disagreement politically.

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