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Re:Explosions reported in Venezuelan capital Caracas by justinator on Sunday January 04, 2026 @02:03AM (#46485670)
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.
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Re:Explosions reported in Venezuelan capital Caracas by treetalker on Sunday January 04, 2026 @09:49AM (#46488470)
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.

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Re:Explosions reported in Venezuelan capital Caracas by justinator on Sunday January 04, 2026 @12:39PM (#46490211)
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.

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