• mercano@lemmy.world
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    It wasn’t a majority at all, it was a plurality, 49.8% vs 48.3%, with 1.9% voting third party. Of course, the Electoral College blew the result out of proportion, as it often does.

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      Exactly! And they’re acting like he’s got some sort of mandate from the masses.