tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post3692635895225153648..comments2024-03-27T15:57:09.192+05:30Comments on Urbanomics: Nudge, not legislate, voter turnout!Urbanomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16956198290294771298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-537961978412775012009-12-26T06:39:54.594+05:302009-12-26T06:39:54.594+05:30If voting is made compulsory, it is also logical t...If voting is made compulsory, it is also logical to make 'right to recall' a compulsory measure. If a person is made to vote compulsorily he has the right to demand honest work from the elected representative, if it is not met then he has every right to 'recall' that representative. <br /><br />If it's implemented at the local bodies level, it has a fair chance of success and in my opinion it should be tested there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-36903329545210909292009-12-25T09:54:29.642+05:302009-12-25T09:54:29.642+05:30harish
thanks for all ur comments.
i agree with y...harish<br />thanks for all ur comments.<br /><br />i agree with your concerns and am also sceptical of the extent of its success. <br /><br />but consider this. i have reservations about making voting compulsory. and i also feel that voter awareness is like trickle down economics - Keynes has already said, "in the long run, we are all dead"! <br /><br />since there is a problem with legislating or communicating people to vote, the next-best alternative is to "nudge" them. and "mere measurement treatment" is only one suggested nudge. there could be more, but the analytical framework is to "nudge". <br /><br />and i think the strength of peer effect (atleast the need felt among the middle and upper-middle classes to publicly brandish their civic sense) should not be under-estimated. Would you not force yourself to vote, if one of your neighbours (or his child), knew that you did not exercise your franchise?Urbanomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956198290294771298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-22980843519289093532009-12-24T09:05:03.355+05:302009-12-24T09:05:03.355+05:30Nudging works. But it doesn't always guarantee...Nudging works. But it doesn't always guarantee the turn-out. It relies more on the discretion of the voter whether to vote or not. I think it is highly probabilistic.<br /><br />It is true that, compulsory voting legislation is suited more in the local bodies elections (ULBs and PRIs).<br /><br />The cause of worry is the dismal turn-out in the large cities like Mumbai. The intelligentsia seems to be reluctant rather ignorant to vote. It is difficult to convince this section of the society to vote.Harishn25https://www.blogger.com/profile/14008654805382138842noreply@blogger.com