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minus-squareCethinlinkfedilinkEnglish5•6 months agoNo, he ended up below 50%. He had the plurality though. If you include RFK Jr. votes with Trump (which some people do for some reason) it’d be over half, but I wouldn’t. People voting for him explicitly weren’t voting for Trump.
minus-square@awesomesauce309@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish6•6 months agoPlease, forgive me for not googling, it would appear he only got 49.8% of the popular, not the 50% I so callously pulled from my butt.
No, he ended up below 50%. He had the plurality though. If you include RFK Jr. votes with Trump (which some people do for some reason) it’d be over half, but I wouldn’t. People voting for him explicitly weren’t voting for Trump.
Please, forgive me for not googling, it would appear he only got 49.8% of the popular, not the 50% I so callously pulled from my butt.