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minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours ago2/3 of the country not opposing his policies seems pretty clear cut to me
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 hours agoMy over-generalized understanding is that it’s more like 1/3rd, but because of exploited political geography their votes were “more special” than the rest of ours, so suddenly we arrived at: “The whole country wanted this!” (Historians’ note: No they didn’t.)
minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoWhen I last looked at the numbers months ago, the actual number of votes for Republicans was 1/3 of the eligible voting population
2/3 of the country not opposing his policies seems pretty clear cut to me
My over-generalized understanding is that it’s more like 1/3rd, but because of exploited political geography their votes were “more special” than the rest of ours, so suddenly we arrived at:
“The whole country wanted this!”
(Historians’ note: No they didn’t.)
When I last looked at the numbers months ago, the actual number of votes for Republicans was 1/3 of the eligible voting population