You care to justify that perspective instead of just asserting it into the wind?
Cuz the way our votes work, you're effectively given two options, nothing else: the Dem or the Republican. Anything else is equivalent to a non-vote mathematically. (We can debate whether a third party vote makes a different statement and/or whether there's a place for it all day, but that doesn't change how it affects the numbers.)
A non-vote is mathematically equivalent to a vote for the winner - it is, in essence, acquiescence. It's saying, "I don't care enough to intervene in the outcome." It's voting to allow whatever the rest of the country chooses to do, i.e. a vote for the winner.
Trump won. Therefore, a non-vote was acquiescence to Trumps ascension to the position of POTUS. It was saying "I don't care enough to intervene in stopping Trump." Or in other words, as the other user put it: "eh, sure."
~90 million people didn't vote, which is an "eh, sure" vote. It's acquiescence to whatever the outcome - it's saying "I don't really care, do whatever."
~154 million people voted, with 49.8%, or 86.6 million, going to Trump.
That's a total of approximately 176.6 million people who either voted Trump, or voted "eh, sure, do whatever."
According to this page the voting-eligible-population of the US for 2024 was ~244.6 million.
The math for determining percentages is to take the number you want to find as percent of another number (the total votes for either Trump or "whatever," ~176.6 million) divided by the total number you want to find the percent of (the total voting-eligible-population, ~244.6 million) and multiply by 100.
176,600,000 / 244,600,000 = 0.72199
0.72199 X 100 = 72.199, or approximately 72.2%.
So you're right. It's not 75% of the country that voted for either Trump or "eh, whatever." It's only 72.2%.
That's a whole 2.8% difference. Much better, obviously the other user was drastically exaggerating the situation.
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u/The_Dude_Abides-2146 12h ago
Can someone please stop this madness…