Re:Explosions reported in Venezuelan capital Caracas
by treetalker on Saturday January 03, 2026 @07:51AM
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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...
Re:Explosions reported in Venezuelan capital Caracas
by justinator on Sunday January 04, 2026 @02:03AM
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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.
Re:Explosions reported in Venezuelan capital Caracas
by treetalker on Sunday January 04, 2026 @09:49AM
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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.
Re:Explosions reported in Venezuelan capital Caracas
by justinator on Sunday January 04, 2026 @12:39PM
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority
Of the definitions, seems like the third is correct for this context:
3 : the group or political party having the greater number of votes (as in a legislature)
>And Trump did not get a majority of popular votes as claimed.
I would think that he did.
Yes, 5 year olds didn't vote for Trump.