The Power Of One

There are approximately 6,392,869,038 people in the world. There are approximately 294,469,537 people in the United States. United States' power extends further throughout the world than the power of any other country on the planet. Fewer than 50% of the American population votes (in 2000, 105,405,100 Americans voted). If the 50% of the American population votes in the 2004 election, 147,234,769 people will vote. As a proportion of the overall world population, each vote thus cast will carry the weight of 43.42 people.