False. Comment demonstrates ignorance of the electoral college and disregard for...

justinator · 2026-01-04T07:03:35 1767510215

You don't need > 50% of the votes to make a majority when you're pool is more than 2, which it was. Weird thing to hang your hat on.

treetalker · 2026-01-04T14:49:30 1767538170

Majority means > 50%. Perhaps you meant plurality.

Regardless, US presidential elections do not depend on getting a majority or even a plurality of popular votes, but rather on a majority of electoral votes. And Trump did not get a majority of popular votes as claimed.

This being HN, the fact-check seemed appropriate and I stand by it.

justinator · 2026-01-04T17:39:05 1767548345

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority

Of the definitions, seems like the third is correct for this context:

3 : the group or political party having the greater number of votes (as in a legislature)

>And Trump did not get a majority of popular votes as claimed.

I would think that he did.