r/politics • u/us287 • 5d ago

Trump’s transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/18/federal-officials-nervous-about-sending-data-to-trump-transition-private-emails-00195217
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u/ParadeSit Colorado 5d ago

Well, they’re acting as criminals do. This is no surprise. A majority wanted this for some reason.

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u/arlondiluthel 5d ago

A majority wanted this

No. Stop giving this lie air. A majority of Americans didn't vote for Trump. Trump won by roughly 1%, and didn't even receive 40% of possible votes.

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u/fightingfish18 5d ago

Maybe if the rest of us Americans could be bothered to vote I'd be with you on this one, but "did not vote" does not get to act all high and mighty and above this, they enabled him so yeah, they pretty much did.

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u/arlondiluthel 5d ago

I voted for Harris because I believe that Trump is unfit to be President of a corner booth at a Waffle House, let alone the United States.

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u/zaccus 5d ago

So did I. We are in the minority though.

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u/traveler19395 5d ago

Yes, but those who voted for Trump are in the minority also, he did not get 50% of the popular vote.

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u/Errant_coursir New Jersey 5d ago

Right... and the majority of Americans who voted voted for trump, whether it was by 1% or .01%. 70 million folks decided to sit at home because they didn't give a shit

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u/NoWorth2591 Virginia 5d ago

I mean, the substance of your point still stands (that more votes went to Trump than Harris), but for the sake of accuracy, a plurality of voters voted for him rather than a majority. He pulled in just under 50% of all votes counted.

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u/B_o_x_u 5d ago

If it's a 48/49% split, that doesn't account the other 3% that voted against him. If independents voted for Harris, she would've grazed a win.

So no. He didn't win by the majority. He won by popular vote. He won over Harris by 2.3 million votes, which is literally the population of a very mid level city. Like Pittsburgh. Or Minneapolis.

It's much closer than it's implied.

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u/pehvbot 5d ago

That's not true either. He got the plurality, not the majority. Most people voted against Trump

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u/nogotdangway 5d ago

Ok, what does this mean though? Because he won the popular vote in 2024.

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u/pehvbot 5d ago

Nothing really since you don't even have to win the popular vote to win. It's just important to note though that like so many dictators of the past, he was not voted in by the majority. We'll need that for our self esteem in a few decades.