A low information voter, also known as a misinformation voter, is someone who participates in elections despite being generally poorly informed about political issues[1]. This term has been popular in the United States since the mid-1990s.
Key characteristics of low information voters include:
Low information voters often lack fundamental facts about government and exhibit a low “need for cognition,” meaning they are less inclined to engage in effortful thinking about complex issues[4]. This can make them more vulnerable to misinformation and less likely to critically evaluate candidates’ claims or policy positions[4].
It’s important to note that the term “low information voter” is sometimes used pejoratively, particularly in American political discourse[1]. However, the concept is studied seriously in political science to understand voting behavior and its impact on electoral outcomes.
Citations: [1] Low information voter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_information_voter [2] What Are Low Information Voters? - ThoughtCo https://www.thoughtco.com/low-information-voters-5184982 [3] Trump Is Preying on Low-Information Voters - New York Magazine https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-low-information-voters.html [4] ‘Low information voters’ are a crucial part of Trump’s support https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/07/low-information-voters-are-a-crucial-part-of-trumps-support/ [5] The Tragedy Of Rush Limbaugh’s Low Information Voter Theory https://www.forbes.com/sites/cedricmuhammad/2013/08/27/the-tragedy-of-rush-limbaughs-low-information-voter-theory/
People are too weird about genitals. Our culture finds it so uncomfortable to talk to their sons about cleaning their penis that we started cutting the foreskin off to spare them the embarrassment.
Layer styles > outer glow
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The Toronto version of bathing with monkies in a Japanese hot spring
The history they wouldn’t teach you, unless your mom paid scholastic
Please do not swear at me
If only he had been president for 4 years already or something, then we’d know
They would choose not to because it would save them money and that’s all they care about.
Remember, they used to kick you off their plans when you got cancer claiming it was a preexisting condition.
Yeah and I liked Justin Amash but 1 or 2 local Congress people do not define the party, definitely not enough that anyone should vote Trump because of them.
Because Hilary campaigned on banning private prisons which caused their stocks to collapse for a year until she lost.
Every gay person on their spouses healthcare plan who will be thrown off it gives a fuck.
Yep, now they will run those lies on every social media timeline and they’ll look believable to low information voters
Canada getting PP too.
This will be a pretty critical 6 years to prepare for the climate apocalypse coming up, and we’ll all be going into it with the worst possible leaders imaginable.
Why is the former president and leader of the one of two political parties not the status quo?
Gore was status quo, but if he’d won we wouldn’t have had the war in Iraq.
Hilary was the status quo, but if she won we’d still have Roe v Wade.
If you vote republican, you will get the status quo with an added disaster or two mixed in.
Biden ended the war in Afghanistan after 20 years. You just don’t like that he sells military hardware to other countries, but that’s what every president, even Jimmy Carter, does.
Bernie had 4 years to shore up his weakness with black voters, the same issue he ran into against Hilary and didn’t.
Bernie could’ve offered Pete VP to stay in the race and continue splitting the centrist vote, but he didn’t.
In the timeline where Bernie won, and also beat Trump, we’d be dealing with progressives feeling betrayed that he inevitably did what ever other US president would do and sent weapons to Israel after Oct 7th.
Same reason every independent store and restaurant gets replaced by a chain.
People want what’s familiar. Both these men won their primaries and have the most support out of anyone in their parties.
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
Unless I see a Muslim person on the street, then we’re locking everything down and it’s every man for himself.