How much information should you have before making decisions at the polls? As part of our series profiling issues that affect American voters, LSA Professor of Political Science Arthur Lupia explains how using shortcuts to gather information about complex issues and candidates can be advantageous, revealing the impossibility of having "all" of the information.

See more from our series profiling political issues that affect American voters:

October 4 - Overcoming Bias
October 11 - Presidential Debates
October 17 - Election Fraud
October 25 - Race & Partisan Preference

Video production by Rob Hess and Natalie Condon.