The odds for the average person are 60 million to 1 against it, a study shows...
You are far more likely to be hit twice by lightning.
Best odds:
In New Mexico, the odds are 1 in 6.1 million of a voter casting the ultimate deciding vote.
Worst:
The odds of a District of Columbia resident casting the vote that decides the election are 1 in 490 billion.
So for reference, from most to least probable.
Being born with a club foot (1 in 1,000)
Being dealt royal flush (1 in 650,000)
Death by fireworks discharge (1 in 716,010)
Asteroid hits planet in 2014 and induces Armageddon (1 in 900,000)
Luke Skywalker makes that shot in the first Star Wars film (1 in a million)
Contraction of Bubonic Plague (1 in 3 million)
New Mexican vote swings election (1 in 6 million)
Average vote swings election (1 in 60 million)
Win Powerball Jackpot (1 in 146 million)
DC vote swings election (1 in 490 billion)
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