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Trump won the popular vote unfortunately. Most of the country couldn't vote at all because they are immigrants (not citizens) or because of any of the structur
by kccqzy 2y ago
Trump won the popular vote unfortunately.
Most of the country couldn't vote at all because they are immigrants (not citizens) or because of any of the structural reasons why they couldn't take time off to vote or they were intimated at the ballot box. Voting day still isn't a federal holiday.
- bilbo0s 2y agoThe bad news is that 2024 was one of those elections where both candidates were so bad, that the winner didn't even manage to get 50% of the cast votes. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/2024 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/2024 Trump/Vance got 49.1% of the popular vote, and Kamala/Walz got 48.3% of the popular vote. None of those clowns even cracked 50%. The candidates were so bad, that you could win without getting a majority of the popular vote. So, yeah, just a wholesale failure by both sides to inspire the vast majority of Americans. I guess right now, we're kind of seeing why no one was enthused about these guys being in power.
- throaway1989 2y agoThree elections (at least) where both candidates are historically bad.
- atkailash 2y ago[dead]
- mikestew 2y agoJohn F. Kennedy couldn’t get 50% against Richard Nixon, as just one of many examples of a fine candidate winning with less than 50% of the popular vote.
- ciupicri 2y agoWhy would immigrants who are not citizens vote? Anyway, what about vote by mail? Also voting day could be changed to Sunday.
- kccqzy 2y agoThey couldn't. That's why voters don't represent "most of the country" in any way.