return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 days agoShock poll: 41 percent of young voters find killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO acceptablethehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square189fedilinkarrow-up1753arrow-down116
arrow-up1737arrow-down1external-linkShock poll: 41 percent of young voters find killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO acceptablethehill.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square189fedilink
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·7 days agothe word you’re looking for is plurality. Majority means over 50%.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·7 days agoIf 19% don’t care, then it is acceptable to them. They are not upset it happened, they accept it. They do not explicitly support it tho. Add the 19% to 41% and get 60% do not have a problem with a broad daylight execution of a healthcare CEO. So if you want to be pedantic, email the person (or ai) that generated the headline. But 60% didn’t have a problem with it.
the word you’re looking for is plurality.
Majority means over 50%.
If 19% don’t care, then it is acceptable to them.
They are not upset it happened, they accept it. They do not explicitly support it tho.
Add the 19% to 41% and get 60% do not have a problem with a broad daylight execution of a healthcare CEO.
So if you want to be pedantic, email the person (or ai) that generated the headline.
But 60% didn’t have a problem with it.