As applied to voter behavior, the "rational ignorance" hypothesis claims

A) voters will have no incentive to be informed of political issues.
B) voters will stop gathering information once the marginal costs exceed the marginal benefits.
C) voters only vote on the basis of their instinctual or gut feelings.
D) voters are selfish.


B

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