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I never get this sort of rhetoric.

Its literally 50/50 split.

50% of Americans DON'T want this.

Ita a quirk of democracy, but talking about 'Americans' wanting this, when the result is entirely a coin toss.

And one weighted towards repiblicans by the way their state system works, giving the smaller states a dispropotinate say.

Same thing happens in the UK. A fairly small percentage of the UK voted for Labour and yet it was 'a landslide'. More people voted for Jeremey Corbyn than Kier starmer, but one is apparently 'out of touch' and the less popular politician is somehow a 'genius'.

It's such a bizarre rhetoric that has no basis in reality, just electoral technicalities.



its more than half so far... not quite as close a split as I would have expected 66,181,515 votes (47.5%) 71,113,511 votes (51%)

But yeah.. roughly half the country doesnt want him




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