• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    He won the popular vote by less than one percent. That’s not a majority of people. It’s also less than 35% of the population.

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      6 days ago

      36% of the eligible population didn’t vote and that can only mean they were fine with both Trump and Harris. That makes 71% of the population - the majority of the people.

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        nitpick: not everyone who wanted to vote always can vote (republican-led states tried to greatly reduce polling stations, mail-in voting, etc. ahead of elections), but it probably doesn’t move that number by a ton.