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minus-squareOpenPassageways@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoJust curious… In what way did Ross Perot come close to winning? I see that he got 8% of the popular vote in 1996 but I’m not seeing that he ever got an electoral vote.
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoIn that he got a large percentage of the total votes.
minus-squareScary le Poo@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months ago“very close to actually winning” “8% of the popular vote” “Very close” …
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYes, that was only 25% short.
minus-squareScary le Poo@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYeah if only 4x more than what they actually got, they totally could have won. You do understand that 25% is nowhere near “very close”
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoNo. I’m telling you that within 25% is close and you’re trying to argue that it’s not.
minus-squareScary le Poo@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoHe would need at MINIMUM 3x+ votes more than he got in order to win. That isn’t close.
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWe seem to agree entirely on how math works, yet disagree entirely as to how easily 25% of voters can change their minds.
Just curious… In what way did Ross Perot come close to winning? I see that he got 8% of the popular vote in 1996 but I’m not seeing that he ever got an electoral vote.
In that he got a large percentage of the total votes.
“very close to actually winning”
“8% of the popular vote”
“Very close”
…
Yes, that was only 25% short.
Yeah if only 4x more than what they actually got, they totally could have won. You do understand that 25% is nowhere near “very close”
No. I’m telling you that within 25% is close and you’re trying to argue that it’s not.
He would need at MINIMUM 3x+ votes more than he got in order to win. That isn’t close.
We seem to agree entirely on how math works, yet disagree entirely as to how easily 25% of voters can change their minds.