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.
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finitebanjo@lemmy.world 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.
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 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.
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Yes, the numbers work when you intentionally leave some out.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 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@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I would argue voting for a candidate you know will lose with certainty is not a vote for or against anything.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Cool definition. Still not a majority.