7957 () 🦅 Trump Tweet 🦅 posted 134 days ago by Korec 134 days ago by Korec +7958 / -1 441 comments share 441 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (441) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 162 ▼ – morning_covfefe 162 points 134 days ago +172 / -10 I love that he said 3%. It was technically 2%, put he said 3% so now the media would be forced to cover his error, when they otherwise would have never said anything at all. permalink save report block reply ▲ 142 ▼ – pithys 142 points 134 days ago +144 / -2 he said 3% because 1 vote was changed from Trump to nothing, and the other Trump to Biden. So that's a net of 3 vote gain to Trump permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 18 ▼ – zooty 18 points 134 days ago +22 / -4 It's a 3 vote net gain but still only 2% of ballots being at issue. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 8 ▼ – ObviousEnmity 8 points 134 days ago +9 / -1 Right, but he said "votes cast" not "individual ballots" the discrepancy is equal to three votes, ergo it was not a mistake. permalink parent save report block reply
I love that he said 3%.
It was technically 2%, put he said 3% so now the media would be forced to cover his error, when they otherwise would have never said anything at all.
he said 3% because 1 vote was changed from Trump to nothing, and the other Trump to Biden. So that's a net of 3 vote gain to Trump
It's a 3 vote net gain but still only 2% of ballots being at issue.
Right, but he said "votes cast" not "individual ballots" the discrepancy is equal to three votes, ergo it was not a mistake.