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Cato Weekly Podcast • October 24, 2016 

# Voting with Feet vs. Voting with Ballots 

The decisions we make in the voting booth tend to be less informed and less decisive than the votes we cast with our feet. Ilya Somin, author of [*Democracy and Political Ignorance*](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F2NY0UG/), explains. 

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##### [Ilya Somin](/people/ilya-somin)

Professor of Law, George Mason University, and B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute