Not opposed to the idea as an intellectual excercise. Given the massive amount of money, lobbying, and attention paid to politics in mainstream US society, I’m skeptical that EA involvement would move the needle much. It’s a pretty saturated field.
I wrote up some arguments for tractability on my forum post about the tractability of electoral politics here. I also agree with this take about neglectedness being an often unhelpful heuristic for figuring out what’s most impactful to work on. People I know who have worked on electoral politics have repeatedly found surprising opportunities for impact.
Not opposed to the idea as an intellectual excercise. Given the massive amount of money, lobbying, and attention paid to politics in mainstream US society, I’m skeptical that EA involvement would move the needle much. It’s a pretty saturated field.
I wrote up some arguments for tractability on my forum post about the tractability of electoral politics here. I also agree with this take about neglectedness being an often unhelpful heuristic for figuring out what’s most impactful to work on. People I know who have worked on electoral politics have repeatedly found surprising opportunities for impact.