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> How do you buy votes if > the ballot is secret? Is this a rhetorical question? The answer is by distributing 2,000INR notes to people and transporting t
by peteretep 10y ago
> How do you buy votes if
> the ballot is secret?
Is this a rhetorical question?
The answer is by distributing 2,000INR notes to people and transporting them to the polling station, relying on reciprocity and promising more to come if you get elected.
- sonink 10y agoNo its not rhetorical and your answer is naive at best. People in India will take money if you give it to them, but they will vote on identity only. This is because there is no reciprocity - once the voting is done the politicians have no incentive to pay them again and they don't. The only reciprocity that exists, if at all, is along identity and everyone gets it. Take a look at any CM in any state of India - their win is largely explained by identity and not money. The current PM who was two time CM of a state, doesnt even have a house to his name.
- peteretep 10y ago> People in India will take money > if you give it to them, but they > will vote on identity only Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. > This is because there is no reciprocity This is the opposite to what published science suggests, and thus needs something stronger than "here's what I think should be the case"
- sonink 10y agoThats because that published science is born of a prejudiced mind. I have spent my entire life in this country and been a part of the political process in many different ways. Pick any random person from the street in India and he will tell you as much.