> I think I read somewhere that if there is an issue that at least about five percent of the population care deeply enough (I don't know the numbers but for exa

> I think I read somewhere that if there is an issue that at least about five percent of the population care deeply enough (I don't know the numbers but for example the fanatical religious people in the middle east or pro-birth or pro-gun people in the US) to be single-issue voters, they will have an outsize effect on policy even though their position is bad for a majority of people. It might be helpful to not think about people becoming single-issue voters this way. People become single-issue voters because they see something as crucial, single-issue voters are supremely justified in voting. Also probably not ideal to think of people in terms of partisan dogwhistle labels, but that's a separate issue.