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Voter Recruitment Expresses Preference Intensity

Voting systems already capture some preference intensity informally: people who feel strongly devote their own time, energy, and volunteerism, and recruiting another voter to your side effectively doubles your vote, so intensity gets expressed through effort even without formal mechanisms like quadratic voting.

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Hal Varian

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it’s like I get two votes, my own vote plus the person I recruited

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Hal VarianConversations with Tyler
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:23:04 AM

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