> The reality is people vote on feelings and have no desire for fair or equitable outcomes. And this really frustrates me. I try to vote based on who I think c

> The reality is people vote on feelings and have no desire for fair or equitable outcomes. And this really frustrates me. I try to vote based on who I think could best do the job, but there is no real data source for me to make my decision. Plus my vote is so terribly diluted by the feelings voters. ... In the fictional society, people voluntarily (presumable because of an existing social contract) feed data about themselves into Multivac. Multivac then considers all this data and uses it to pick the elections winners (it picks all election races, not just presidential). There is only one actual human who votes (Norman), and he doesn't really cast a ballot. Rather, he is interviewed by Multivac to help it make the final decision. Every election year, Multivac uses its vast data on all humans to pick the voter of the year, and this year it's Norman. Norman is just a store clerk, not some important dignitary.