Politics with Paul #38: The Funnel of Causality - Why We Vote the Way We Vote

Why do we make the vote choices that we do? How we fill out our ballots is inevitably shaped by a series of forces that we consciously (and subconsciously) think about. These influences are internal and external, group-based and individual-based, long-term and short-term. The interactions between these things are often represented as the Funnel of Causality, where they all filter into what our vote choice is at the narrow end of the funnel. Today's episode dives deep into this funnel: the history behind its development, how it has shaped our understanding of voter behavior, what it looks like...and why you should even care about it. Ultimately, the funnel is a representation of empathy for why people make the choices they make, including when we don't agree with them.