• @finitebanjo
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    2 days ago

    Actually yes, a majority. Trump lost popular vote in 2016 but won it in 2024. IMO everyone eligible who stayed home is just as much complicit with Trump.

    More specifically the number of Trump voters barely increased, but the number of people who voted for Kamala was millions less than those who voted for Biden.

    • @chuckleslord
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      52 days ago

      49.9% isn’t a majority. It’s a plurality.

      • @finitebanjo
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        -22 days ago

        Trump: 49.8% of popular vote (77,302,580 votes)

        Harris 48.3% of popular vote (75,017,613 votes)

        He won the majority, unless you’re counting spoiled ballots that accomplished fuck all against empowering dictatorship.

        • @[email protected]
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          52 days ago

          The definition of majority is a percentage over 50%.

          49.8% is less than 50%

          I’m sorry if this is a difficult concept to grasp.

          • @finitebanjo
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            -32 days ago

            77,302,580 + 75,017,613 = 152,320,193

            77,302,580 / 152,320,193 = 0.5075 = 50.075% = MAJORITY

            And thats me being generous, I honestly think every third party voter was complicit with the Trump victory. Didn’t think I’d have to show work for somebody to understand basic addition, today.

        • @chuckleslord
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          52 days ago

          Define words however you want, that doesn’t make it true. A majority is 50%+1. Anything less is a plurality. More people voted for someone other than Trump than those who voted for him.

          Beside the point, the original claim was a majority of Americans, and that isn’t even close to a majority anyways. Even with your funny definitions.

          • @finitebanjo
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            -12 days ago

            I would argue voting for a candidate you know will lose with certainty is not a vote for or against anything.