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So he got 63 million votes, and Hillary got, say, 66 million. That a total of roughly 130 million. Know that that means? About 90 million did not vote.
by finid 10y ago
So he got 63 million votes, and Hillary got, say, 66 million. That a total of roughly 130 million.
Know that that means? About 90 million did not vote.
- ojbyrne 10y agoOf course. But 50% of the population is not an accurate phrasing in any way.
- finid 10y agoIt's accurate, but raw numbers does something to our understanding of matters like that.
- kajecounterhack 10y agoIt's not accurate. 50% of voters is accurate. 50% of the population is not accurate.
- astrodust 10y agoIt's not accurate. Like Brexit, it was a fraction of all potential voters that voted, and of those less than half voted for that particular thing. At best it was 28% of the voting age population.