Re:Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
by grzm on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @07:18PM
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"A plurality did, not a majority."
Thank you for providing me with the opportunity to look up the difference :)
Re:Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
by woofyman on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @07:42PM
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A plurality is also called a simple majority.
Re:Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
by dllthomas on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @10:15PM
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That's definitely not true, unless in some special context.
Re:Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
by kazga on Thursday November 10, 2016 @05:59AM
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I'm not sure about English, but "simple majority" and "absolute majority" are commonly used to refer to a plurality and >50% respectively in German.
Wikipedia [0] also recognizes this meaning.
Re:Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
by grzm on Thursday November 10, 2016 @07:30AM
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The Wikipedia article indicates that simple majority may refer to majority, plurality, FPTP, or super majority, indicating no preference as to which might might be the most commonly understood.
Re:Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
by dragonwriter on Thursday November 10, 2016 @08:50AM
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A "simple majority" means 50%+, not a mere plurality (its the same as just a "majority", it's generally used to contrast with a supermajority.)
A plurality did, not a majority.
But still more than went with any individual alternative.
> Trump won on a technicality of our (antiquated and frankly awful) system, not on a mandate.
It's not so much antiquated as evil; it's designed specifically to magnify the power of voters in states with people counted for assigning representation that don't vote (primarily to secure slavery, but its continued to reward other forms of disenfranchisement since.)