What your vote is worth - a back of the envelope calculation

tl;dr: Your vote really counts!

Each vote in a UK General Election is worth maybe £100,000 - to you and all your fellow citizens taken together. If you really care about the welfare of everyone affected by actions of the UK government, then it’s worth that to you too.

• Introduction
• A method for back of the envelope calculation
• UK Parliament
• European Parliament
• Only if you care about other people as much as yourself!
• This is a very rough analysis
• Conclusion

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