Mike talks to Vanderbilt University political scientist Larry Bartels about his book (co-authored with Christopher Achen) Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government.
Topics Mike and Larry discuss include:
identity politics
tribalism
the ‘folk theory’ of democracy and why it’s wrong
inattentive, uninformed, and irrational voters
if the problem of ‘bad voters’ has been getting worse recently
if polarization is really such a big deal
the potential problem of too much democracy
what we can do to get more responsive government
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