> If you don't have an informed vote, perhaps you should simply not vote at all ? This is an idea I've been toying with. Whenever an election rolls around, I k

> If you don't have an informed vote, perhaps you should simply not vote at all ? This is an idea I've been toying with. Whenever an election rolls around, I keep hearing people say things like "I don't care who you vote for, just vote." "People died for your right to vote." "The problem today is that people don't vote." But I wonder whether the problem is that too many people vote. And mostly they don't do actual research, so they vote based on whatever's trickled down to them through the media they consume. This gives an advantage to whichever side can make itself sound most attractive in soundbites, which seems suboptimal.