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Re:Ride-hailing apps may help to curb drunk driving by ythn on Thursday April 06, 2017 @02:42PM (#14053313)
> 41% is never a majority

In my country, 41% of people are red party, 38% are blue party, and 21% are green party. Which party has the majority share of voters?

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Re:Ride-hailing apps may help to curb drunk driving by dnadler on Thursday April 06, 2017 @04:00PM (#14054058)
I think you're confusing 'majority' and 'plurality'.
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Re:Ride-hailing apps may help to curb drunk driving by ythn on Thursday April 06, 2017 @04:20PM (#14054214)
My mistake, you are correct - plurality is the correct word here.

In my example the party with plurality can capture the majority of the vote, but that doesn't necessarily mean the party itself is a majority.

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