Under Which of the Following Circumstances Would a Voter Adopt

question 171

Multiple Choice

Under which of the following circumstances would a voter adopt a stance of rational ignorance instead of choosing to be informed of the public choices at hand in an election?

• A)when the benefit consumers anticipate from becoming informed exceeds the anticipated cost of doing so
• B)when the voters have a special interest in the legislation
• C)when information and the time required to acquire and digest it are scarce
• D)when the median voter in an electorate determines public choices
• E)when political candidates try to get elected by appealing to the median voter

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