But it's not worth the trouble to get to the bottom of these debates (at least based on the values of the typical person). As shown in "The Myth of the Rationa

But it's not worth the trouble to get to the bottom of these debates (at least based on the values of the typical person). As shown in "The Myth of the Rational Voter", the amount that it costs a person to understand the issues exceeds the amount of benefit that his vote is likely to make. So people just aren't motivated to learn what's going on, and vote based on their feelings. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_the_Rational_Voter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_the_Rational_Voter for more information.