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Stupid Things Said about “Stupid” Voters

- March 30, 2012

Our of our master’s students, Matt Corley, has a nice rundown of the recent tempest over the notion that voters are “stupid.”  He brings to bear some of the political science literature on this.  (Full disclosure: He’s taking a class from me on public opinion.)  I find the notion that voters are “stupid” to be, well, stupid.  It implies that the problem is intelligence, when really it’s more attention to politics.  The piece is here.