The candidates are criss-crossing across the country trying to do or say anything they can to win your vote. That must make you feel pretty important. That's a lot of power you've got there in your little lever-pulling finger.

How much do you think you could sell that vote for?

Turns out, not so much.

Some kid in Minnesota tried to sell his vote on eBay for a minimum bid of $10, and all he got was a felony charge of bribery, treating and soliciting.

Not one single person on the entire Internet was willing to part with a sawbuck in exchange for his powerful, powerful vote.

Take that people who died in war defending our Democracy. I'll bet you feel pretty stupid now, being all dead and stuff.

(via Freakonomics)