Which of these is not one of the three reasons that ignorance about political matters is important? (According to the reading.) Group of answer choices young people are inclined to base decisions off of emotions rather than empirical data and reason - leading a significant part of the population to support ideas that have unintended negative consequences rational ignorance makes it difficult for an individual to make informed choices rationally ignorant voters often make decisions on the basis of low-quality, unreliable, or potentially biased information not everyone is rationally ignorant - those who are informed can manipulate and take advantage of those who are not
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What are some reasons people might find acquiring information about politics and voting rational, in contrast to rational ignorance theory?
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The theory of rational ignorance is explained as: Question options: The case where it is in a voter's self-interest to be ignorant relative to voting. People will not vote if the costs of becoming informed and voting are too high, or they feel their vote will not be decisive in the election. People will not vote rationally if the costs of voting rationally are too high, or they feel their vote will not be decisive in the reflection. The case where people feel their vote will not be decisive in the election.
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