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1. It is 1 in 10 million if you live in a swing state. 2. You expect $6 trillion, that figure is incorrect as mseebach2 points out. 3. The probability of winn
by the_gipsy 14y ago
1. It is 1 in 10 million if you live in a swing state.
2. You expect $6 trillion, that figure is incorrect as mseebach2 points out.
3. The probability of winning the state lottery might be 1 in 10 million. So I'm far better off buying a lottery ticket, since in the improbable event of winning I would actually make money, in contrast to hoping that the improbable event of my vote tipping the balance and creating a stronger economy would improve my income (the contrary might be true).
- mdemare 14y agoNonsense, only in California are there more than 10 million voters. In Virginia, there are 3.8M, 1.9M per party. If the candidates are 2% apart, there's about a 1/100K chance of casting a deciding vote. Also: http://what-if.xkcd.com/19/ http://what-if.xkcd.com/19/
- the_gipsy 14y agoI only cited the number from OP. What is nonsense, is valuing one vote $600,000.