From Greg Mankiw's Blog:
"What's the evidence that this theory is right, that nonvoters are less informed than voters? Studies of voter turnout have found that education is the single best predictor of who votes: The highly educated turn out more often than less educated. A classic argument for why democracies need widespread public education is that education makes people better voters. If this is true, then the less educated should show up at the polls less often. They are rationally delegating the decision to their better educated neighbors.
"So the next time a friend of yours tells you he's not voting, don't try to change his mind. It's a good bet that if he's not voting, he's not been following the election closely anyway. Maybe he watched a baseball game instead of the debates. Maybe he is bored silly with all the talk of targeted tax cuts, privatized social security, and campaign finance reform. Maybe he's as ignorant about public policy as those focus groups of undecided voters that are the media's latest darling.
"So rather than pushing your friend to the polls, perhaps you should thank him for staying at home. He's making your vote count just a little bit more."
After recent events, especially the latest contests in Indiana and North Carolina, it is nearly certain that Barack Obama will win the Democratic nomination. As the preliminary campaigns continue, I find that Hillary Clinton has gotten more and more weary and her demeanor has changed for the worse. The message she sends out remains mysterious and inconsistent, and the arguments she uses for why she is a better candidate has gotten ludicrous and misleading. It is unfortunate that she, having the Clinton name, was once the forerunner in the democratic race. Now, she has gradually lost the momentum that one needs to to enact any sort of "change" in politics.