Why Is It Logical for Citizens to Not Vote

question 79

Multiple Choice

Why is it logical for citizens to not vote?

• A) The benefits are collective and they enjoy the payoff even if they have not helped to produce them by voting.
• B) The benefits are individual, but since governments do not provide many tangible benefits, the costs of voting outweigh the benefits.
• C) Votes do not really matter because politicians can manipulate the public into believing whatever they want.
• D) The system of separated institutions sharing powers provides more influence to the unelected branches of the government, such as the judiciary and the bureaucracy.

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