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Originally Posted by shpanko
things your government does that could have been altered by voting.
Nothing my government does can be altered by my voting because the marginal difference that casting my vote makes is zero in almost every situation. It's only if I live somewhere that the outcome may be close that my vote becomes worthwhile.
Therefore it's probably more effective for me to donate money to a campaign (ergo my vote isn't worth as much as someone richer) or to volunteer for a campaign (and hide the fact that I don't think one person's vote is worth anything but instead of try to influence many people at once, which is strangely similar to my current job).
I'm quite interested in the latter. Generally for causes that increase the utility of each vote - e.g, proportional representation, which unfortunately is pretty much dead in the UK for the next generation.