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My fellow Earthicans….

October 28th, 2008 by Ari

Andrew Gelman (who has significantly more PhDs than I do), has done the math so I don’t have to. The odds that my vote, in Washington DC, will matter in the presidential election are less than 1 in 100 billion.

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3 Responses to “My fellow Earthicans….”

  1. Chaim Says:
    October 28th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Yes, but he also shows why it mathematically makes sense to vote even so….

  2. Ari Says:
    October 29th, 2008 at 7:34 am

    No, he shows why people vote anyway, (social reasons), in spite of the fact that it mathematically doesn’t make sense.

  3. Matthew Says:
    November 4th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    You forget the true value of one vote, though: free coffee at Starbucks.