perestroika@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago75% of Americans oppose US attempting to take control of Greenland, CNN poll findsedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down17file-text
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1external-link75% of Americans oppose US attempting to take control of Greenland, CNN poll findsedition.cnn.comperestroika@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square165fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 days agoUnusual? “Breathing” would struggle to break 60%. 75% is functionally unanimous.
minus-squareTuuktuuk@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·edit-23 days 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.