The Rational Voter?

From Bryan Caplan's "The Myth of The Rational Voter:"

Aristotle says that "all men by nature desire to know," but that is not the whole story. It is also true that all men by nature desire not to know unpleasant facts.

Much of the time, both motives are at work. The human mind has mixed motives: people want to learn about the world without sacrificing their worldview. Investigating only the first motive yields a distorted picture of the way we use our heads.

And with that, we head off to the polls today. Happy voting, folks.