Saturday, December 8, 2007

Can I Buy Your Vote For $1

Stratego's though provoking question
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Assuming that you live in a non-swing state, meaning that it's either strongly Democrat or strongly Republican. There is no chance that it'll be a toss up. Now assume that during election day, I offer to give you $1 to vote for the other guy/gal. Would you do it?

For this scenario, also assume that I know the person you WANT to elect, and that I know the person you ACTUALLY selected during the voting process if you chose to accept my offer. Also assume that you're the only one that this offer is valid for, so I can't buy enough votes to turn the electoral swing around.

Please explain your answer, and also consider the following.

1. If you accepted the offer for $1, would you do it for less? $0.50? $0.25?

2. If you refused the offer for $1, would you do it for more? $5, $10, $25, $50, $100, $1000, more?