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Potentially angering millions of people is not a compelling reason to not pursue criminals through your legal system, of course. > He literally won half the co
by Jedd 4y ago
Potentially angering millions of people is not a compelling reason to not pursue criminals through your legal system, of course.
> He literally won half the country ...
Well that's not true, no matter how you slice it, or which election you look at.
In neither did he win more than 50% of the vote (2016 it was 46.1% of voters, compared to 48.2% who voted for Hillary - and in 2020 it was 46.8%, compared to the 51.3% for Joe).
And while that sounds tantalisingly close enough to half, it overlooks the fact that in those two elections, respectively, only 59% and then 70% of eligible voters (or 54% and 55% of age-and-citizenship-eligible-but-not-registered) actually voted.
So that means that you're looking at less than half of roughly 2/3's of the voting population -- a demographic that in turn is only around 3/4 of 'the country'.
He literally, therefore, won about 20% of US citizens, or 25% of eligible voters.
> ... his rallies ALWAYS have huge turnsouts.
That's neither true or compelling. Garry Glitter and Elvis used to have huge crowds.