“The results of the experiments reveal nominal incentives failed to effectively raise turnout in elections, but nontrivial incentives elevated electoral participation” https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1017/s0022381612001016 …
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And we already have the money. Take the presidential election fund that people donate on their federal tax returns (and which no candidate uses for their campaign) and use it for the election lottery.
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And 100 people get a full refund an all their 2019 income tax

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Honestly, you would want to maximize the number of participants and winners, so the big prize could be $10m and lots of small prizes
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I’m just afraid it would subconsciously associate voting with (personal, short term) economic gains and strengthen the metaphor of life as a lottery -> influencing the election outcome.
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