10 ways to vote smarter

10 ways to vote smarter

“Both bad driving and bad voting are dangerous not merely to the individual who practices them, but to innocent bystanders,” wrote Bryan Caplan in the book, “The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies.”

And unfortunately, we Filipinos have a long history as bad voters. We are known to elect and reelect, again and again, crooks, crooks we’ve previously ousted, idiots, and their family members.

It isn’t enough to vote. We need to vote smarter.