Stepping on a ledge and positing it's probably how a lot of people vote, if even unconsciously- but it's probably not a popular way of ascribing personal motive

Stepping on a ledge and positing it's probably how a lot of people vote, if even unconsciously- but it's probably not a popular way of ascribing personal motive to the political act of voting which is a more conscious and deliberate action. Or at least, it's less convenient than simply associating the sum with the worst of its parts. That bit in the article about 'motive attribution asymmetry'.