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[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He had less than 50% of votes. Saying "most voters wanted him" is demonstrably incorrect.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/us/results

Donald Trump

76,856,362 votes (49.9%)

Kamala Harris

74,320,684 votes (48.3%)

Most voters wanted him.

This is not an endorsement of trump, rather, a condemnation of the US voting public.

if you want to have an argument about the definition of pluralaity and majority or whatever, I suggest