This is an essay/report that I wrote about four years ago, although it's undergone a lot of revision. Read it, you momo, since no-one else will!]
Just how much is your vote worth, in this and any other election for president?
Does it count? Does it matter? Is your vote worth the same as that of everyone else?
Especially considering the consequences, the presidential race of 2000 will be remembered in history for its dubious nature: everything from misleading ballots to biased officials to unequal access to the voting booth to party operatives scaring away voters from the polling stations. Voting machines manufactured by a blatantly partisan company, bogus absentee ballots, disproportionate numbers of voting booths for districts of pointedly different leanings, and more, and more, and more.
On top of this, the candidate that received the most votes simply lost. And the course of this country, and others, changed drastically. While a president and his administration cannot be held responsible for everything that happens during his term of office, few would contest that a different administration would have had very different effects in the world. But the focus of this brief report is not on these differences - which are potentially massive, and open to great speculation and argument - this is about the electoral college process, by which we select our president.
"One Man, One Vote!"
The Questionable Value of a Vote in United States Presidential Elections under the Electoral College System"
