I want to jump on the pedantry train. Around 36% of eligible voters didn’t cast a ballot for president, so if Trump received 49.8% of the vote, then - in the original terms of “x% of voters out Trump in the White House” - .498 * (1-0.36) = about 32% of voters. Meaning more eligible voters didn’t vote than selected Trump.
Incorrect. A majority of voters selected other candidates. Trump received 49.8% of the vote.
I want to jump on the pedantry train. Around 36% of eligible voters didn’t cast a ballot for president, so if Trump received 49.8% of the vote, then - in the original terms of “x% of voters out Trump in the White House” - .498 * (1-0.36) = about 32% of voters. Meaning more eligible voters didn’t vote than selected Trump.
The highest voter share went to “abstain”.
Don’t you love having a voting system where the majority doesn’t win?
About as much as I love having 9 people appointed for life that can overrule that voting system in case it does actually let the majority win.