Because the two strongest predictors of voter turnout are age and education, and education is the single strongest predictor of thinking like an economist, the actual electorate is more economically reasonable than the general population—one reason policy isn't worse than expected.

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Speaker

Bryan Caplan

Evidence Quote

more educated people think more like economists a lot more like economists

Source

Bryan Caplan on The Myth of the Rational Voter 6/25/2007EconTalk
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