• @chuckleslord
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    53 days ago

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

    • @finitebanjo
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      -23 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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        53 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.