alt Hacker NewsPlurality, not majority. (Not that I’m excusing the dumb dumbs who decided not voting was a viable course of action when they decided that “both sides” were running bad candidates).
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tomjakubowski • yesterday at 11:45 PM
With Trump getting a little bit less than half the vote and a 65% turnout, "did not vote" was the plurality.
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justinclift • today at 11:17 AM
> Not that I’m excusing the dumb dumbs who decided not voting was a viable course of action when they decided that “both sides” were running bad candidates
Sounds like both candidates were terrible enough that quite a few didn't bother?
"Both sides"
Both candidates weren't equally bad. That is always the situation and you must choose the least worse or best candidate.