[2] Communist leader Vladimir Lenin commented, "They voted with their feet," regarding Russian soldiers deserting the army of the Tsar.
[6][7] Legal scholar Ilya Somin has argued that foot voting requires far less information (on the part of the citizens engaging in it) to be exercised effectively than does literal voting at the ballot box; that foot voters are more strongly motivated to acquire relevant information than are ballot-box voters; and that decentralized federalism promotes the welfare of citizens because it facilitates foot voting.
[9] Models from theoretical biology have been applied to elucidate the causal relationships between foot voting and the dissemination of human cultural characteristics.
[10] The popular fantasy author Terry Pratchett shared a critical view of foot voting in his 1998 book Carpe Jugulum: "I understand you've traveled, Agnes," said Vlad, as she struggled.
For example, 150 representatives in the NH state house were ranked as an A− or above by the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance in 2021.