Chapter 18: Q. 8 (page 441)
How does rational ignorance discourage voting?
Voters are discourgaed because they feel that their single vote cannot impact the policies.
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How can pork-barrel spending occur in a situation of majority voting when it benefits only a small group?
What are some reasons people might find acquiring information about politics and voting rational, in contrast to rational ignorance theory?
The United States currently uses a voting system called “first past the post” in elections, meaning that the candidate with the most votes wins. What are some of the problems with a “first past the post” system?
Is pork-barrel spending always a bad thing? Can you think of some examples of pork-barrel projects, perhaps from your own district, that have had positive results
AT&T spent some $10 million dollars lobbying Congress to block entry of competitors into the telephone market in 1978. Why do you think it efforts failed?
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