election demographics

[Kevin Quinn]

At 04:53 PM 11/6/00 -0800, you wrote:
>>Do you really believe half of all the citizens of this country are "clueless
>>bozos"?
>>That's more than a little arrogant,don't you think?
>>     John Thornton
>
>I tried to hedge it a little. But I do think that if you don't vote, 
>you are making a substantial mistake?
>
>Don't you?
>

Yes. I just got through teaching an Intro to Economics class. I told them
that the majority of economists work with models of human beings that say
they will not vote. I told them to make sure they did. (-;