Comments on: How much is your vote worth?

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:45:34 +0000

Not to mention the fact that at no point in time was anyone thinking that anyone was going to give anyone even a dime. Nothing on the table, nothing at stake, nothing anyone says can be taken very seriously.

By: ERCC-1

ERCC-1 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:54:45 +0000

Although this is an interesting idea, it in no way makes an accurate judgment of an individual vote’s worth.While not a applying to all students, the vast majority of the NYU student population has no concept of the actual value of money and an overinflated sense of self-value.The fact that a years tuition (30k+) and an ipod touch and a million dollars are the ways in which an amount of money is judged illustrates this.I think if you sampled the general populace, you would get a much more reasonable response to a single vote’s value. Something on the order of $5 to $10 (2004 election: 122 million votes, $702 million spent by candidates, this election, obviously more per vote).I think that if it were allowed, a decent percent of the population would trade their vote in a given year for $20 outside of the polling station.

By: IanR

IanR — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:15:12 +0000

Can’t vote, so I don’t have anything to sell. 🙁

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:48:00 +0000

I live in New Hampshire–my vote is easily worth ten votes in any other state.I have a kid in college and another who will be there in a year and a half.Let the bidding commence. Hell yes, I can be bought.

By: Jeb, FCD

Jeb, FCD — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:30:11 +0000

I’d give up my right to vote for $100 million, since my vote never counts anyway. Then, I’d diversify the funds globally and move to Canada.