Does my vote really matter in a presidential election?

Does my vote really matter in a presidential election?

Thea Brodkin (Voter Service Chair) gives expert video advice on: How are presidential candidates selected?; Can I affect who is selected as a presidential candidate?; What happens at a national convention? and more...

You're one of a lot of people, but I think that it does matter. Does one vote ever change an election? Well, not on a presidential election, we've had very close presidential elections. Just think about what happened in 2000 between Gore and Bush and you see that votes do count, very few votes can change who becomes our President of the United States, in some cases. Of course your vote counts. It also counts that you feel like you have a stake in the decision, and even when I lose an election and my candidate is not chosen I feel that it's very important. Even if I lose, sometimes I say, well, maybe my decision was the right decision, even though the candidate didn't win.