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minus-squareTootSweet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 day agoNot quite. No presidential candidate got a majority of the popular vote. Trump got more of the popular vote than Kamala did. 49.80% and 48.33% respectively. Yes, I’m being pedantic. Does it really matter? No, probably not.
minus-squareqisope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 day agoThe correct phrasing would be that he received a plurality of votes.
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoWell yeah but basically every candidate gets more than one vote so getting a plurality doesn’t mean much
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoI suspect this was sarcasm but… A “plurality of votes” means “more than the other candidates”. Sorry if I explained a joke.
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoThat’s ok, it wasn’t a great joke anyways
Not quite. No presidential candidate got a majority of the popular vote. Trump got more of the popular vote than Kamala did. 49.80% and 48.33% respectively.
Yes, I’m being pedantic. Does it really matter? No, probably not.
The correct phrasing would be that he received a plurality of votes.
Well yeah but basically every candidate gets more than one vote so getting a plurality doesn’t mean much
I suspect this was sarcasm but… A “plurality of votes” means “more than the other candidates”.
Sorry if I explained a joke.
That’s ok, it wasn’t a great joke anyways