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		taylodl 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Publis... > He won the majority of the popular vote. That is false. Trump won the plurality of the popular vote. He got more votes than any other candidate, but it did not exceed 50% of the votes cast.

frumplestlatz 3 months ago [–]

If you want to split hairs about 49.81%, that’s fine. You can say plurality.

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