One of the biggest problems with modern democracy is that most of
the public is usually ignorant of politics and government. Many
people understand that their votes are unlikely to change the
outcome of an election and don't see the point in learning much
about politics. This creates a nation of people with little
political knowledge and little ability to objectively evaluate what
they do know. The second edition of Democracy and Political
Ignorance fully updates its analysis to include new and vital
discussions on the implications of the "Big Sort" for politics, the
link between political ignorance and the disproportionate political
influence of the wealthy, assessment of proposed new strategies for
increasing political knowledge, and up-to-date survey data on
political ignorance during recent elections. Ilya Somin mines the
depths of the current state of ignorance in America and reveals it
as a major problem for democracy. He weighs various options for
solving this problem, provocatively arguing that political
ignorance is best mitigated and its effects lessened by
decentralizing and limiting government. People make better
decisions when they have stronger incentives to acquire relevant
information-and to use it wisely.
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