perestroika@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago75% of Americans oppose US attempting to take control of Greenland, CNN poll findsedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up1912arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 day agoUnusual? “Breathing” would struggle to break 60%. 75% is functionally unanimous.
minus-squareTuuktuuk@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·edit-221 hours agoNot in US politics. If you have 51% of votes of whoever is The Party at the moment, you can make decisions without others impeding on them. If one party got 51 % of votes, then that means 26,01 % of all votes is enough to decide about the all of the country’s things alone.
Unusual? “Breathing” would struggle to break 60%. 75% is functionally unanimous.
Not in US politics. If you have 51% of votes of whoever is The Party at the moment, you can make decisions without others impeding on them.
If one party got 51 % of votes, then that means 26,01 % of all votes is enough to decide about the all of the country’s things alone.