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minus-squarechris@l.roofo.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoHe absolutely did. Trump got 77,302,580 popular votes vs 75,017,613 for Harris. Electoral it was 312 vs 226. So a majority wanted Trump.
minus-squaregranch_bibblyfibble@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoHe didn’t, he got 49.8% of the votes cast for president. “Majority” means “more than half”, and no candidate got a majority of votes. In a lot of electoral systems around the world, it’d require a subsequent runoff election.
He absolutely did. Trump got 77,302,580 popular votes vs 75,017,613 for Harris. Electoral it was 312 vs 226. So a majority wanted Trump.
He didn’t, he got 49.8% of the votes cast for president. “Majority” means “more than half”, and no candidate got a majority of votes. In a lot of electoral systems around the world, it’d require a subsequent runoff election.