Example:
The most votes cast went to Trump so the majority voted for him.
Super interesting that English and German speaking populations have such a different interpretation on such an important topic of our democracies, that this caused an argument between us, when it really shouldn't because I need to respect your interpretation because it's true and vice versa.
Had worse starts into my Friday. Thanks for taking time out of your day for this exchange.
Secondly, your conclusion is a bit fast. Because it seems to be a cultural/language problem here.
Majority = Mehrheit in German.
In my mother tongue it means something completely different and I wasn't aware of that.
According to our German rules of interpreting language
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duden
Majority is simply the most.
https://www.duden.de/node/95359/revision/1328484
Example: The most votes cast went to Trump so the majority voted for him.
Super interesting that English and German speaking populations have such a different interpretation on such an important topic of our democracies, that this caused an argument between us, when it really shouldn't because I need to respect your interpretation because it's true and vice versa.
Had worse starts into my Friday. Thanks for taking time out of your day for this exchange.