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narrow plurality
It's worth pointing out that "lesser of two evils" reasoning is used by both parties. White privileged "libertarians" voted fascist because they felt unrepresented too.
Every single elected official who isn't explicitly against FPTP was OK with this outcome. They know about the spoiler effect.
Even then it's highly dubious that it was even a plurality. Vote counts in swing states were HIGHLY irregular and 100% controlled by Musk.