Because votes increase in effect once there are already other votes on the same content. If a comment is at $0 and you upvote, it might go up by few cents. If it is already at $100 then your vote, up or down, will move it by a lot more than a few cents.
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ok..that explains the upvote...now how come one downvote blanks out the whole post?
Off topic but wanted to to get your thoughts on this. I think it would be a good expiriment.
https://steemit.com/steem-ideas/@dennygalindo/a-day-of-whale-abstinence-will-answer-the-question