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ERROR: "Most Votes Means a Majority"

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The claim that winning the most votes means winning a majority is false: a plurality can sit well below half.

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Returns of 48, 46, and 6 percent crown a winner whom 52 percent voted against.

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"Most" compares candidates; "majority" compares against half — different tests.