44% is "about half" If you had 1000 coins and put them into two piles one of 440 and one of 560 it would be "about half" But if your argument is that only 154

44% is "about half" If you had 1000 coins and put them into two piles one of 440 and one of 560 it would be "about half" But if your argument is that only 154 million people support this government and that's fine because if it was 174 million there'd be a problem, then sure.