Whitman's ballot wouldn't have made a difference anyway
(NEWSER) - Meg Whitman has taken heat for her, ahem, spotty voting record—the ex-CEO wasn’t even registered to vote until 2002—and, of course, she has apologized. But she shouldn’t have, writes Christopher Beam for Slate. Economists have long argued that, from an individual’s perspective, voting is irrational. The odds that your vote will determine the outcome of an election are, statistically speaking, close to zero; in California "you're more likely to win the Powerball jackpot thousands of times over than to swing the election." More»
