The vice president of an advertising agency is too busy with an upcoming multi-million-dollar, multimedia margarine campaign to vote in the upcoming tax assessor election.This is an example of:

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This is an example of rational abstention, where the vice president has decided not to vote due to a perceived lack of impact their vote will have on the outcome of the election. The priority of the upcoming campaign outweighs the perceived benefit of taking the time to vote.

The Vice President of an Advertising Agency Is Too Busy