I imagine that different political parties have different views on what the government should do about existential risk
Actually, no, I don’t think it is true. I suspect that at the moment the views of all political parties on existential risk are somewhere between “WTF is that?” and “Can I use it to influence my voters?”
That may (or may not) eventually change, but at the moment the answer is a clear “No”.
Some parties may be more likely to accelerate scientific progress than others, and those who do could decrease existential risk by decreasing the time spent in high-risk states, for example the period when there are dangerous nano-technological weapons but other astronomical objects have not be colonized. This probably is not enough to justify voting, but I thought I would just let you know.
Actually, no, I don’t think it is true. I suspect that at the moment the views of all political parties on existential risk are somewhere between “WTF is that?” and “Can I use it to influence my voters?”
That may (or may not) eventually change, but at the moment the answer is a clear “No”.
Some parties may be more likely to accelerate scientific progress than others, and those who do could decrease existential risk by decreasing the time spent in high-risk states, for example the period when there are dangerous nano-technological weapons but other astronomical objects have not be colonized. This probably is not enough to justify voting, but I thought I would just let you know.
Noted. I’ll invest my efforts on x-risk reduction into something other than voting.