John Stossel interviews Bryan Caplan on 20/20 — the title: “Should Some People Not Vote?” — and Caplan laments a sound bite that didn’t make the final edit and another version he didn’t try:
- “Before I studied public opinion, I wondered why our policies were so bad. After I studied public opinion, I started wondering why our policies weren’t worse. An important part of the answer is that the people who know less are less likely to vote.”
- “When you watch the presidential debates, you may think that the candidates are pandering to the Lowest Common Denominator. If everyone voted, though, they’d be pandering to a much lower Lowest Common Denominator.”