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minus-squaremadjo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoTotal votes for DJT: 77,302,580 Total votes for all the other people (Harris, Stein, Kennedy, Oliver and other) combined: 77,935,722 So yes, DJT won the popular vote, but the majority, even if just a teeny tiny one, did not vote for him. DJT just got 49.8% of the total votes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election#Results
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoI see what you’re getting at, my point otherwise still stands. Fucking embarrassing.
Total votes for DJT: 77,302,580
Total votes for all the other people (Harris, Stein, Kennedy, Oliver and other) combined: 77,935,722
So yes, DJT won the popular vote, but the majority, even if just a teeny tiny one, did not vote for him. DJT just got 49.8% of the total votes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election#Results
I see what you’re getting at, my point otherwise still stands. Fucking embarrassing.