Scholars Have Suggested That the Most Effective Way to Convince

question 26

Multiple Choice

 Scholars have suggested that the most effective way to convince people to vote is to 

• A) inform them that their neighbors will find out whether they voted. 
• B) point out that public officials are unlikely to listen to constituents who haven't voted. 
• C) explain that, mathematically, each vote has a non-negligible probability of deciding the outcome of the election. 
• D) bribe them. 
• E) educate them on the workings of American government.

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The uplift in satisfaction or value derived from the consumption of an additional unit of a product or service.

Marginal Cost

An additional expense incurred from the production or acquisition of one more unit of a good or service.

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