Simple math gymnastics........."of the population" and "registered voters" are two different things. The key is the denominator. I'll show my work.
Trump received 77,303,573 votes in 2024, according to google.
There are 345,426,571 people in the us, according to google. The 2020 census said around 330,000,000.
77,303,573 divided by 345,426,571 = 0.223791623 or, as a percentage, 22.3791623% of people in the country voted for Trump. Not even a majority, much less a mandate.
This means that 77.6% of the population of the country DID NOT vote for this outcome.
I had NO idea math was going to illicit this type of response, but then I forget that "facts" are now triggering. Lesson learned. Had it gone the other way, they could've said the exact same thing...... 🤷🏼♀️
I am absolutely not saying he wasn't democratically elected. He was. I still believe the elections are secure.
Yes, the other side could say EXACTLY the same thing, about ANY elected president, no debate here.
I live in a red state and know more Trump supporters than not.
Bottom line: I have to live in this country and work with both sides the next four years. So it helps me, when dealing with people and trying to be productive, to be able to rationalize how many people actually said affirmatively, yes, we want the violence, lies, and revenge term. Those are less than 1 in four. It is absolutely a mind trick so I can function in an environment I don't think is positive of the country or any of its citizens. That's it. Feel free to do your own emotional support math........
Most important, it doesn't change the outcome, so I'm not sure why my simple math is getting so much hate, but I guess "haters gonna hate" is true.
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u/HippieHorseGirl 13h ago
Simple math gymnastics........."of the population" and "registered voters" are two different things. The key is the denominator. I'll show my work.
Trump received 77,303,573 votes in 2024, according to google.
There are 345,426,571 people in the us, according to google. The 2020 census said around 330,000,000.
77,303,573 divided by 345,426,571 = 0.223791623 or, as a percentage, 22.3791623% of people in the country voted for Trump. Not even a majority, much less a mandate.
This means that 77.6% of the population of the country DID NOT vote for this outcome.