If I have Tom, whose vote has a one-in-a-hundred-million chance of affecting the election; and John, who lives in a different state and whose vote has a one-in-three-million chance of affecting the election, then won’t the average politician completely ignore Tom’s state in order to concentrate more on influencing John’s vote?
Diminishing returns come into play. There’s only so much effort it’s worth putting into the most important state before the next most important becomes marginally equal.
It also implies that Tom’s state is going to end up with any messy industries that have to go somewhere, but that no voter wants in their back yard.
Diminishing returns come into play. There’s only so much effort it’s worth putting into the most important state before the next most important becomes marginally equal.
...true. One should probably expect thirty-three times as much effort going to John’s state as to Tom’s state.
That does look armchair-likely. Does it happen?
I don’t know, I live on the wrong side of the Atlantic to have personal experience.
Diminishing returns come into play. There’s only so much effort it’s worth putting into the most important state before the next most important becomes marginally equal.
That does look armchair-likely. Does it happen?
...true. One should probably expect thirty-three times as much effort going to John’s state as to Tom’s state.
I don’t know, I live on the wrong side of the Atlantic to have personal experience.