Comment by KingOfCoders
6 days ago
1. The majority of voters voted for Trump 2. People who don't vote are like fine with whoever wins like "What pizza? I'm fine with every pizza you bring"
Yes, 5 year olds didn't vote for Trump.
6 days ago
1. The majority of voters voted for Trump 2. People who don't vote are like fine with whoever wins like "What pizza? I'm fine with every pizza you bring"
Yes, 5 year olds didn't vote for Trump.
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_presidentia...
You 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.
Majority 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.
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Trump won less than 50% of the popular vote.