About 170,000 people marched through Madrid on Saturday in the largest protest yet against an amnesty law which Spain's Socialists agreed over Catalonia's 2017 separatist bid in order to form a government.
  • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    2 years ago

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

    • resketreke@kbin.social
      03·
      2 years 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.

      • weirdEd@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

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