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False. Comment demonstrates ignorance of the electoral college and disregard for fact. Even among eligible voters who did vote, Trump got less than 50% of votes
by treetalker 10mo ago
False. Comment demonstrates ignorance of the electoral college and disregard for fact. Even among eligible voters who did vote, Trump got less than 50% of votes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidentia...
- justinator 10mo agoYou don't need > 50% of the votes to make a majority when you're pool is more than 2, which it was. Weird thing to hang your hat on.
- treetalker 10mo agoMajority means > 50%. Perhaps you meant plurality. Regardless, US presidential elections do not depend on getting a majority or even a plurality of popular votes, but rather on a majority of electoral votes. And Trump did not get a majority of popular votes as claimed. This being HN, the fact-check seemed appropriate and I stand by it.
- justinator 10mo agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority Of the definitions, seems like the third is correct for this context: 3 : the group or political party having the greater number of votes (as in a legislature) >And Trump did not get a majority of popular votes as claimed. I would think that he did.