• gedaliyah@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s some very slippery phrasing. 40% turnout does not mean 40% of the vote.

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      1 year ago

      Maybe I didn’t phrase it correctly, let me try again. Of all the people who voted, only a bit above 40% voted yes.

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          1 year ago

          You’re right, I mixed dates and numbers. It was ~40% turnout, and then in 2019 a poll showed that ~40% of Catalans wanted independence. That’s where I got my numbers wrong I think.

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        1 year ago

        No thats also wrong. 40% of People eligible to vote voted yes, which is 90% of People who voted