Ecuador’s elections would take place on October 15, 2023. The unlikely run-off between Luisa Gonzalez and Daniel Noboa would define who becomes President for nearly the next 18 months. The Myth of the Rational voter states the following: your vote (a single vote) would not make a difference in the outcome, the voter is more informed of things such as: a TV or media influencer than the political implication of the candidate’s plans for the country. And finally, according to the median voter model the candidates seek to achieve the votes of the people whom didn’t vote for them on the first round. As Bryan Caplan states in his book “The Myth of the Rational Voter”: “Familiarity with politicians’ voting records and policy positions is predictably close to nil even on high profile issues, but amazingly good on fun topics irrelevant to policy. As Delli Carpini and Keeter remark: During the 1992 presidential campaign 89 percent of the public knew th...
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