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Re:Elon Musk's Demolition Crew by lapcat on Thursday February 06, 2025 @10:31PM (#42969047)
Trump got 49.8% of the vote with 63.9% turnout, which would be 31.8% of eligible voters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidentia...
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Re:Elon Musk's Demolition Crew by wallawe on Thursday February 06, 2025 @10:36PM (#42969079)
More than half that voted is all that matters
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Re:Elon Musk's Demolition Crew by lapcat on Thursday February 06, 2025 @10:39PM (#42969093)
> More than half that voted is all that matters

49.8% is less than half.

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Re:Elon Musk's Demolition Crew by Timon3 on Friday February 07, 2025 @04:14AM (#42970803)
Well, unless it's a Democrat winning the popular vote, right? Then the EC is all that matters.
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