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minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days ago49.9% isn’t a majority. It’s a plurality.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoTrump: 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.
minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThe 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.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·3 days ago77,302,580 + 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.
minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYes, the numbers work when you intentionally leave some out.
49.9% isn’t a majority. It’s a plurality.
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.
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.
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.
Yes, the numbers work when you intentionally leave some out.