> So when they know they haven't invested enough in fully understanding the issues and the candidates, they spare us the chance of their error by not voting. I

> So when they know they haven't invested enough in fully understanding the issues and the candidates, they spare us the chance of their error by not voting. I don't think this is true at all, at least not on a macro scale. By having a low sample from your population voting, you're greatly magnifying the impact of uninformed extremists, if anything.