"no" banana@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoControversial questionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up11.65Karrow-down114
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minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 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-up1arrow-down4·3 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-up6arrow-down1·3 days agoYes, the numbers work when you intentionally leave some out.
minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoClearly not, since there were votes for other candidates.
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.
We had two options.
Clearly not, since there were votes for other candidates.