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The winning party usually only gets around about 35% of the vote here in Blighty, not exactly the majority of the people.

Not much difference here Owlskev. 39% as I recall. Like in the UK, we have 3 parties that garner a lot of support so the votes are split. In that US election, those 2 fringe candidates, Stein and Johnson, acted as spoilers and were one reason Trump won. Not the only reason though.