• RunawayFixer@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    This is also something that many people outside of the USA don’t understand: 49% of the americans are not voting for the Trump/republican shit show that they see in their foreign media, but rather for a heavily editorialized image of the person and party.

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      5 months ago

      49% of the americans

      More accurately, 49% of voters. Out of all of the eligible voters in the 2020 election only 66% actually voted. And, that election had the highest turnout in over a century.

      So when trying to calculate how many eligible voters voted for Trump in 2020 you’ll have to take the statistics above into consideration.

      49% of 66% is 32% if my math is correct. 32% of eligible voters voted for Trump.

      Sorry for being pedantic but it annoys me when people say that half of America supports Trump when it’s just not true.

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          5 months ago

          33%, but yeah. Both are true.

          66% of eligible are voting, 33% of eligible are not voting. Of the 66% that did vote, half of those (I used 49%) voted for Trump. Half of the 66% is 33%.

          So, of the eligible voters, 33% voted Biden, 33% voted Trump, and 33% didn’t vote.

          Or, if you want math:

          .66 * .49 = .32 or 32%

          Edit: I misunderstood the question and gave an off-topic answer. Someone else commented the correct reason: not all Americans are eligible to vote. Children, felons in certain States, etc. Since they didn’t/can’t vote they’re not counted in the “half of America” statistic often quoted.

          Half of eligible voters voted for trump, which is about 32% of America in 2020.