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> Trump doesn’t respect the function of the US President Probably why people voted for him. > shits on the vote of the citizens. yes 4 years ago. But now… ca

> Trump doesn’t respect the function of the US President Probably why people voted for him. > shits on the vote of the citizens. yes 4 years ago. But now… can’t really say we didn’t know what we were voting for. I didn’t vote for him, but most of my fellow Americans did, and we gotta live with that, and hope we learn.

School-Cotton 2y ago
> most of my fellow Americans did Not true.
- phyzix5761 2y ago
  Trump - 77 million votes Harris - 75 million votes Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-president.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/...
  - School-Cotton 2y ago
    The OP said “most Americans”, not “more Americans than voted for Harris”.
  - myroon5 2y ago
    US population: 340M - an American citizen who wasn't able to vote in multiple presidential elections due to nonsense like being unregistered without notification in a state with an early registration deadline
  - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
    > 49.91% "First past the post" means "first to get above 50%". He didn't win enough of the vote to be elected.
    - dmoy 2y ago
      That is not what first past the post means. First past the post is plurality wins. Anyways, that's not how US presidential elections work. The aggregate of votes doesn't matter, only the electoral votes divvied up by state.
  - gre 2y ago
    That's the official counts. How many voters in Georgia were disenfranchised? How many provisional ballots were thrown out? Stuff like this https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/ https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/
    - deleted 2y ago
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  - atoav 2y ago
    Neitber of those are even remotly a majority of the US.
  - dml2135 2y ago
    And even more votes for other candidates, hence Trump did not win a majority of the vote.
  - wat10000 2y ago
    Look down one more line where it says Trump got less than 50% of the total.
ttyprintk 2y ago
Trump only won by plurality.

School-Cotton 2y ago

> most of my fellow Americans did Not true.

phyzix5761 2y ago
Trump - 77 million votes Harris - 75 million votes Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-president.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/...
- School-Cotton 2y ago
  The OP said “most Americans”, not “more Americans than voted for Harris”.
- myroon5 2y ago
  US population: 340M - an American citizen who wasn't able to vote in multiple presidential elections due to nonsense like being unregistered without notification in a state with an early registration deadline
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
  > 49.91% "First past the post" means "first to get above 50%". He didn't win enough of the vote to be elected.
  - dmoy 2y ago
    That is not what first past the post means. First past the post is plurality wins. Anyways, that's not how US presidential elections work. The aggregate of votes doesn't matter, only the electoral votes divvied up by state.
- gre 2y ago
  That's the official counts. How many voters in Georgia were disenfranchised? How many provisional ballots were thrown out? Stuff like this https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/ https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/
  - deleted 2y ago
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- atoav 2y ago
  Neitber of those are even remotly a majority of the US.
- dml2135 2y ago
  And even more votes for other candidates, hence Trump did not win a majority of the vote.
- wat10000 2y ago
  Look down one more line where it says Trump got less than 50% of the total.

ttyprintk 2y ago

Trump only won by plurality.