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Will Your Vote Matter?

Almost certainly not, of course. But Andrew Gelman has posted a chart showing some interesting calculations about how likely your vote is to be decisive in any particular state:

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As you can see, the votes of a privileged few in New Mexico, New Hampshire, Colorado, and Virginia are being given much more power than the rest of us. It’s not the greatest injustice in the world, but it’s not nothing. We need the National Popular Vote to end these problems. If you live outside the privileged four states, consider sending this chart and a link to the NPV website to your state senator and state rep. The power to claim equal rights is in our hands.

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