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59-41 is an 18% swing, and would be considered an overwhelming majority in most political endeavors. Both modern and contemporaneous accounts of that particula
by djrogers 6y ago
59-41 is an 18% swing, and would be considered an overwhelming majority in most political endeavors. Both modern and contemporaneous accounts of that particular election refer to the results as such, but feel free to attach whatever modifier you wish.
- colejohnson66 6y agoIdk. For me, if I had 20 friends, and 12 agreed to do something, I wouldn’t say they “overwhelmingly agree”. I’d just say a majority. But politics is on a much bigger scale.
- triceratops 6y agoYour friends are more likely to agree with you (and each other) on things because that's one of the reasons you're friends. I can think of very few things, other than the basics like "murder is bad", that 58% of the general public agrees on.
- throw_away 6y agoWe're not even at 59% for "ghosts don't exist": https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2019/10/21/paranormal-beliefs-ghosts-demons-poll https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2...
- Narkov 6y agoNit pick...but in a binary decision (yes/no), the margin is only 9% as every loss on one side is a gain on the other. For example, a 9% swing results in a tie.