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Published: November 3, 2008
Odds are, your vote won’t be ‘the one’
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Voting for president and having your ballot be the deciding one cast — statistically, that is like trying to hit the lottery.

The odds for the average person are 60 million to 1 against it, a study shows.

In some states, the odds of being the vote that tips the election to your candidate are much better. In others they are astronomically worse.

The study by three statisticians used ...

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