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Wouldn't that cause an observer effect? If I see my candidate is losing by a landslide maybe I'll change my vote. But I would have been influenced by incomplete
by byoung2 6y ago
Wouldn't that cause an observer effect? If I see my candidate is losing by a landslide maybe I'll change my vote. But I would have been influenced by incomplete data
- Ahmd72 6y agoWhy would an already cast vote be changed? Or do you mean the people who will vote at the end stages? Would it matter if you change your loyalties at the end then?
- byoung2 6y agoI thought you meant the count is updated as people vote and that count is made public. So if candidate A and B are neck and neck and I had planned on voting for candidate C who is trailing, after seeing that number I might vote for candidate B instead
- Ahmd72 6y agoTrue but this happens already, so each of the candidate's election teams or people on the ground in that area are already getting a rough of estimate of how many votes their candidate is getting and if they have resources they can bring in more people to vote for their candidate, this is especially true for poorer countries where people sell their votes for money. Also do you think this is a big enough problem that someone is changing who to vote for at the end if they are only being influenced by their own mind and not external factors? After all it is their right who to vote for.