One might consider that some people have strong preferences for the outcome of an election and some people have weak preferences, but that there is usually no way to express the strength of one’s preferences during a vote, and the probability that one would actually go ahead and vote in a race does correlate with the strength of one’s preferences.
So, perhaps, this is indeed working as intended. People who have stronger preferences are more likely to vote, and so their preferences are more likely to be taken into account in a statistical sense.
It seems that the strength of one’s preferences is (automatically, but imperfectly) taken into account via this statistical mechanism.
One might consider that some people have strong preferences for the outcome of an election and some people have weak preferences, but that there is usually no way to express the strength of one’s preferences during a vote, and the probability that one would actually go ahead and vote in a race does correlate with the strength of one’s preferences.
So, perhaps, this is indeed working as intended. People who have stronger preferences are more likely to vote, and so their preferences are more likely to be taken into account in a statistical sense.
It seems that the strength of one’s preferences is (automatically, but imperfectly) taken into account via this statistical mechanism.