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Re:You're 25 times more likely to be the next US president t... by adamredwoods on Sunday January 10, 2016 @06:29PM (#10877754)
The money and effort required to become the next president greatly exceeds the effort to purchase $10 in lottery tickets.

I'll take my chances with the lotto.

Re:You're 25 times more likely to be the next US president t... by pcurve on Sunday January 10, 2016 @10:10PM (#10878540)
yep. Chance of becoming president for 99.99999% of American is exactly 0.
Re:You're 25 times more likely to be the next US president t... by meric on Sunday January 10, 2016 @11:57PM (#10878903)
Let's say there are on average 10 "viable" presidential candidates per election cycle every 4 years. Over a 40 year time-frame (You can be elected president during approximately 40 years of your life, from your late thirties to your late seventies), there are total 400 viable presidential candidates.

If 99.99999% of Americans have 0% chance of becoming president, that means you're saying only 3180 Americans have greater-than-zero chance of becoming president.

I suggest it is a little more than that. Millions of Americans, aged 10 and under, have the potential to work towards becoming first a mayor of their small city, then a mayor of a big city, and then finally have a small positive chance of becoming president. If you have greater than zero chance of becoming a person who has a greater than zero chance of becoming president, then you have a greater than zero chance of becoming president, period.

I suggest the number of such people is surely greater than 3180.

Re:You're 25 times more likely to be the next US president t... by pcurve on Monday January 11, 2016 @09:14AM (#10880828)
Then 99.999% it is. ;-) That should cover enough number of people who have take even that first minor step towards becoming a career politician. :)