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by lloyds_barclays 476 days ago
Even though I’m part of the people suffering from his election, over half of US citizens voted for him. They are the only people who can stop him. God bless America.
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Your construction is wrong. Just over half of voters selected Trump, about 77 million people. There are about 244 million people that are eligible to vote, and millions more citizens than that.

(The point being, his active support is probably not quite so high as 1/2 the country)

Fewer than half of voters selected Trump.