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Published: October 22,2008

Examples of Why Your Vote Counts
By Craig Peters for The MATHCOUNTS Foundation

Election Day is drawing near and you may be asking yourself, “Does my one vote really matter?”

“History proves to us that one vote absolutely does matter,” says Lou DiGioia, Executive Director of MATHCOUNTS (http://www.mathcounts.org), the national math enrichment program for middle school students. “As people watch the news and read the papers, it's easy to get lost in all the numbers having to do with election polls, predictions, the Electoral College and all the rest. Numbers play as vital a role in politics as they do in science, music or any other subject you can name and the most important number is one that one vote we all have the privilege to cast.”

Here are five examples of how one vote really did make a difference in elections to the U.S. House of Representatives:

In 1829 in Kentucky, Nicholas Coleman defeated Adam Beatty 2,520 to 2,519. In 1847 in Indiana, George G. Dunn defeated David M. Dobson 7,455 to 7,454. In 1847 in Virginia, Thomas S. Flournoy defeated his opponent 650 to 649. In 1854 in Illinois, James C. Allen defeated William B. Archer 8,452 to 8,451. In 1882 in Virginia, Robert M. Mayo defeated George T. Garrison 10,505 to 10,504.

But what about the U.S. Presidential election? Has one vote ever made a difference in electing someone to our country's highest office?

The greatest upset in American Presidential history is undoubtedly the 1948 election in which Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas Dewey.

Here's where the power of one vote comes in.

In 1948 there were 9,247 voting precincts in Ohio. Truman won the state by just 7,107 votes. Had just one Truman voter in each precinct voted for Dewey or had one Truman voter in each district decided to stay home and not vote — Dewey would have won the state and its 25 electoral votes.

The situation in California was similar. There were 16,802 voting precincts and Truman won the state by just 17,865 votes. Imagine if just one Truman voter in each precinct had instead voted for Dewey. Subtract 16,802 votes from Truman's total of 1,913,134 and add them to Dewey's total of 1,895,269. The result? California's 25 electoral votes go to Dewey: 1,912,071 to 1,896 ,332.

To paraphrase a famous quote from Senator Everett Dirksen: A vote here, a vote there, pretty soon it adds up to real electoral power.

As of 2006, the last year for which U.S. Census Bureau figures are available, there were 220,600,000 people of voting age in the United States. This year, the total will probably be closer to 225 million, maybe more. Statistics show that about two -thirds of eligible voters have registered to vote.

If you're one of those two-thirds, good for you — now remember what happened back in 1948 and be sure to get out there and make your vote count on November 4.

Early voting in Evansville

Here's an early voting story from a medical student in Evansville, Ind.:

I squeaked in just before the 7pm deadline to find two very frustrated poll workers and a line of a couple dozen people, due to problems with the computerized voting system not accepting people's driver's licenses. It was taking about 7-10 minutes per person just to get the computer to accept them as valid and to print out their ballot, causing very long delays.

For me the most moving moment came when the family in front of me, comprising probably 4 generations of voters (including an 18 year old girl voting for her first time and a 90-something hunched-over grandmother), got their turn to vote. When the old woman left the voting booth she made it about halfway to the door before collapsing in a nearby chair, where she began weeping uncontrollably. When we rushed over to help we realized that she wasn't in trouble at all but she had not truly believed, until she left the booth, that she would ever live long enough to cast a vote for an African-American for president. Anyone who doesn't think that African-American turnout will absolutely SHATTER every existing record is in for a very rude surprise.

There were about 20 people in front of me but remarkably not a single person left the room without voting over the 2 hours it took to get through the line.

Published: October 22,2008

Examples of Why Your Vote Counts
By Craig Peters for The MATHCOUNTS Foundation

Election Day is drawing near and you may be asking yourself, “Does my one vote really matter?”

“History proves to us that one vote absolutely does matter,” says Lou DiGioia, Executive Director of MATHCOUNTS (http://www.mathcounts.org), the national math enrichment program for middle school students. “As people watch the news and read the papers, it's easy to get lost in all the numbers having to do with election polls, predictions, the Electoral College and all the rest. Numbers play as vital a role in politics as they do in science, music or any other subject you can name and the most important number is one that one vote we all have the privilege to cast.”

Here are five examples of how one vote really did make a difference in elections to the U.S. House of Representatives:

In 1829 in Kentucky, Nicholas Coleman defeated Adam Beatty 2,520 to 2,519. In 1847 in Indiana, George G. Dunn defeated David M. Dobson 7,455 to 7,454. In 1847 in Virginia, Thomas S. Flournoy defeated his opponent 650 to 649. In 1854 in Illinois, James C. Allen defeated William B. Archer 8,452 to 8,451. In 1882 in Virginia, Robert M. Mayo defeated George T. Garrison 10,505 to 10,504.

But what about the U.S. Presidential election? Has one vote ever made a difference in electing someone to our country's highest office?

The greatest upset in American Presidential history is undoubtedly the 1948 election in which Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas Dewey.

Here's where the power of one vote comes in.

In 1948 there were 9,247 voting precincts in Ohio. Truman won the state by just 7,107 votes. Had just one Truman voter in each precinct voted for Dewey or had one Truman voter in each district decided to stay home and not vote — Dewey would have won the state and its 25 electoral votes.

The situation in California was similar. There were 16,802 voting precincts and Truman won the state by just 17,865 votes. Imagine if just one Truman voter in each precinct had instead voted for Dewey. Subtract 16,802 votes from Truman's total of 1,913,134 and add them to Dewey's total of 1,895,269. The result? California's 25 electoral votes go to Dewey: 1,912,071 to 1,896 ,332.

To paraphrase a famous quote from Senator Everett Dirksen: A vote here, a vote there, pretty soon it adds up to real electoral power.

As of 2006, the last year for which U.S. Census Bureau figures are available, there were 220,600,000 people of voting age in the United States. This year, the total will probably be closer to 225 million, maybe more. Statistics show that about two -thirds of eligible voters have registered to vote.

If you're one of those two-thirds, good for you — now remember what happened back in 1948 and be sure to get out there and make your vote count on November 4.

Published: October 22,2008

Examples of Why Your Vote Counts
By Craig Peters for The MATHCOUNTS Foundation

Election Day is drawing near and you may be asking yourself, “Does my one vote really matter?”

“History proves to us that one vote absolutely does matter,” says Lou DiGioia, Executive Director of MATHCOUNTS (http://www.mathcounts.org), the national math enrichment program for middle school students. “As people watch the news and read the papers, it's easy to get lost in all the numbers having to do with election polls, predictions, the Electoral College and all the rest. Numbers play as vital a role in politics as they do in science, music or any other subject you can name and the most important number is one that one vote we all have the privilege to cast.”

Here are five examples of how one vote really did make a difference in elections to the U.S. House of Representatives:

In 1829 in Kentucky, Nicholas Coleman defeated Adam Beatty 2,520 to 2,519. In 1847 in Indiana, George G. Dunn defeated David M. Dobson 7,455 to 7,454. In 1847 in Virginia, Thomas S. Flournoy defeated his opponent 650 to 649. In 1854 in Illinois, James C. Allen defeated William B. Archer 8,452 to 8,451. In 1882 in Virginia, Robert M. Mayo defeated George T. Garrison 10,505 to 10,504.

But what about the U.S. Presidential election? Has one vote ever made a difference in electing someone to our country's highest office?

The greatest upset in American Presidential history is undoubtedly the 1948 election in which Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas Dewey.

Here's where the power of one vote comes in.

In 1948 there were 9,247 voting precincts in Ohio. Truman won the state by just 7,107 votes. Had just one Truman voter in each precinct voted for Dewey or had one Truman voter in each district decided to stay home and not vote — Dewey would have won the state and its 25 electoral votes.

The situation in California was similar. There were 16,802 voting precincts and Truman won the state by just 17,865 votes. Imagine if just one Truman voter in each precinct had instead voted for Dewey. Subtract 16,802 votes from Truman's total of 1,913,134 and add them to Dewey's total of 1,895,269. The result? California's 25 electoral votes go to Dewey: 1,912,071 to 1,896 ,332.

To paraphrase a famous quote from Senator Everett Dirksen: A vote here, a vote there, pretty soon it adds up to real electoral power.

As of 2006, the last year for which U.S. Census Bureau figures are available, there were 220,600,000 people of voting age in the United States. This year, the total will probably be closer to 225 million, maybe more. Statistics show that about two -thirds of eligible voters have registered to vote.

If you're one of those two-thirds, good for you — now remember what happened back in 1948 and be sure to get out there and make your vote count on November 4.

Published: October 22,2008

Examples of Why Your Vote Counts
By Craig Peters for The MATHCOUNTS Foundation

Election Day is drawing near and you may be asking yourself, “Does my one vote really matter?”

“History proves to us that one vote absolutely does matter,” says Lou DiGioia, Executive Director of MATHCOUNTS (http://www.mathcounts.org), the national math enrichment program for middle school students. “As people watch the news and read the papers, it's easy to get lost in all the numbers having to do with election polls, predictions, the Electoral College and all the rest. Numbers play as vital a role in politics as they do in science, music or any other subject you can name and the most important number is one that one vote we all have the privilege to cast.”

Here are five examples of how one vote really did make a difference in elections to the U.S. House of Representatives:

In 1829 in Kentucky, Nicholas Coleman defeated Adam Beatty 2,520 to 2,519. In 1847 in Indiana, George G. Dunn defeated David M. Dobson 7,455 to 7,454. In 1847 in Virginia, Thomas S. Flournoy defeated his opponent 650 to 649. In 1854 in Illinois, James C. Allen defeated William B. Archer 8,452 to 8,451. In 1882 in Virginia, Robert M. Mayo defeated George T. Garrison 10,505 to 10,504.

But what about the U.S. Presidential election? Has one vote ever made a difference in electing someone to our country's highest office?

The greatest upset in American Presidential history is undoubtedly the 1948 election in which Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas Dewey.

Here's where the power of one vote comes in.

In 1948 there were 9,247 voting precincts in Ohio. Truman won the state by just 7,107 votes. Had just one Truman voter in each precinct voted for Dewey or had one Truman voter in each district decided to stay home and not vote — Dewey would have won the state and its 25 electoral votes.

The situation in California was similar. There were 16,802 voting precincts and Truman won the state by just 17,865 votes. Imagine if just one Truman voter in each precinct had instead voted for Dewey. Subtract 16,802 votes from Truman's total of 1,913,134 and add them to Dewey's total of 1,895,269. The result? California's 25 electoral votes go to Dewey: 1,912,071 to 1,896 ,332.

To paraphrase a famous quote from Senator Everett Dirksen: A vote here, a vote there, pretty soon it adds up to real electoral power.

As of 2006, the last year for which U.S. Census Bureau figures are available, there were 220,600,000 people of voting age in the United States. This year, the total will probably be closer to 225 million, maybe more. Statistics show that about two -thirds of eligible voters have registered to vote.

If you're one of those two-thirds, good for you — now remember what happened back in 1948 and be sure to get out there and make your vote count on November 4.

Early voting in Evansville

Here's an early voting story from a medical student in Evansville, Ind.:

I squeaked in just before the 7pm deadline to find two very frustrated poll workers and a line of a couple dozen people, due to problems with the computerized voting system not accepting people's driver's licenses. It was taking about 7-10 minutes per person just to get the computer to accept them as valid and to print out their ballot, causing very long delays.

For me the most moving moment came when the family in front of me, comprising probably 4 generations of voters (including an 18 year old girl voting for her first time and a 90-something hunched-over grandmother), got their turn to vote. When the old woman left the voting booth she made it about halfway to the door before collapsing in a nearby chair, where she began weeping uncontrollably. When we rushed over to help we realized that she wasn't in trouble at all but she had not truly believed, until she left the booth, that she would ever live long enough to cast a vote for an African-American for president. Anyone who doesn't think that African-American turnout will absolutely SHATTER every existing record is in for a very rude surprise.

There were about 20 people in front of me but remarkably not a single person left the room without voting over the 2 hours it took to get through the line.

Early voting in Evansville

Here's an early voting story from a medical student in Evansville, Ind.:

I squeaked in just before the 7pm deadline to find two very frustrated poll workers and a line of a couple dozen people, due to problems with the computerized voting system not accepting people's driver's licenses. It was taking about 7-10 minutes per person just to get the computer to accept them as valid and to print out their ballot, causing very long delays.

For me the most moving moment came when the family in front of me, comprising probably 4 generations of voters (including an 18 year old girl voting for her first time and a 90-something hunched-over grandmother), got their turn to vote. When the old woman left the voting booth she made it about halfway to the door before collapsing in a nearby chair, where she began weeping uncontrollably. When we rushed over to help we realized that she wasn't in trouble at all but she had not truly believed, until she left the booth, that she would ever live long enough to cast a vote for an African-American for president. Anyone who doesn't think that African-American turnout will absolutely SHATTER every existing record is in for a very rude surprise.

There were about 20 people in front of me but remarkably not a single person left the room without voting over the 2 hours it took to get through the line.

It just doesn't make any sense to allow some of the population to vote early and not others, especially considering many people might have had to travel an hour's distance to reach the polling place.

It just doesn't make any sense to allow some of the population to vote early and not others, especially considering many people might have had to travel an hour's distance to reach the polling place.