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To: Robert DeLong
He has received the greatest number. You are obtuse. Apparently you think a majority means it must exceed 50%, but that is not the case. A majority means nothing more that receiving the largest number so far.

Meriam Webster.

Trump has received 37% of the vote. 37% is not a majority. In this case it's a plurality.

Now run along and be yourself, because you think your are smarter than you are.

LOL. No, just smarter than you.

71 posted on 04/12/2016 10:21:31 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

It is amazing that so many people don’t even know the definition of simple English words like “majority” and “plurality” - and then embarrass themselves by making ignorant statements like he did...


72 posted on 04/12/2016 10:33:01 AM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: FreeReign
No, again just obtuse:

ma·jor·i·ty
/məˈjôrədē,məˈjärədē/

noun: majority; plural noun: majorities

1. the greater number.
"in the majority of cases all will go smoothly"
synonyms: larger part/number, greater part/number, best/better part, most, more than half, plurality, bulk, mass, weight, (main) body, preponderance, predominance, generality, lion's share
"the majority of cases"

antonyms: minority

•US
the number by which votes for one candidate in an election are more than those for all other candidates combined.

•British
the number by which the votes for one party or candidate exceed those of the next in rank.

•a party or group receiving the greater number of votes.

synonyms: (winning) margin, superiority of numbers/votes; landslide
"a majority in the election"

2. the age when a person is legally considered a full adult, in most contexts either 18 or 21.

synonyms: legal age, adulthood, manhood/womanhood, maturity; age of consent, coming of age
"my youngest child has reached majority"

74 posted on 04/12/2016 10:37:38 AM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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