GMU economics professor Bryan Caplan reprints a slightly redacted letter from a former Virginia Senator in which the writer agrees with Caplan’s thesis that voters are irrational. Snip:
They have no interest or concern about learning what the nuances of the issues before them might be and they are swayed by 30 seconds [sic] sound bytes on TV plus a perception that the candidate is really a nice guy.
My question? Name that Senator.
I interviewed Caplan about the myth of the rational voter for the June 19th edition of Bacon’s Rebellion.