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you say you were referring to the NI assembly, then prove how you think the DUP dont have the most seats or the largest share of the votes. And dont start bringing in the point they arent a majority government, or that their vote is reducing -those points were not in the post you criticised.
Its very simple,
It is not that "very simple". Politics is much more nuanced than that.
If I have 10 apples and I divide them among 3 people (say Jack, Jill And John), two of them will have 3 apples (say Jack and Jill), and one person (John) will have 4 apples. You could say simply that John has more apples than Jack or Jill.
However, as in politics, John does not have more apples than Jack and Jill.
You will remember that motorbiking said simply that they have the most seats and the largest share of the vote. In simple terms, they had the larger, not the largest, as my analogy of apples shows.
If my explanation is too nuanced for you, you will continue to argue your point.
I already have done so. Post #51Show us the numbers:
The number of seats the DUP have
Perhaps you should:
" read carefully the post you tried to ridicule." (Notch7, post #60)
The share of the vote.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/ni2017/results
To address Vinty's comment about which was the more representative, the 2017 NI Assembly election, or the 2017 General Election, (the two voting systems not being the same, one PR {STV} which is considered to be more representative, and the other FPTP)
NI Assembly turn out : "Turnout in the election was 64.8 per cent (compared with 54.9% in 2016)." http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/global.../publications/2017-2022/2017/general/2217.pdf
NI general Election turnout:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results/northern_ireland
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