Assad numbersとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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Assad numbers pl (plural only)

1. (politics, slang, humorous) An overwhelming level of support in a political poll or election.
   • [2021 May 31, @RHAPollster, Twitter‎ (post), archived from the original on 18 August 2026:

     I'm a pollster and used to be in politics. Every once in a while we'd have a candidate getting 80%+ in a poll (usually in a primary of something), which we'd call "Saddam Hussein numbers." Guess Assad numbers are next level.]

   • 2022 November 9, u/Benyeti, “[Megathread] 2022 US Midterm Elections”, in r/neoliberal‎ (Reddit post), archived from the original on 18 August 2026:

     [Gretchen] Whitmer posting Assad numbers in Detroit

   • 2026 January 6, Naaman Zhou, “How Did Astoria Become So Socialist?”, in The New Yorker‎, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 August 2026:

     A running joke is that candidates endorsed by D.S.A. regularly "do Assad numbers"—a reference to Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian dictator—as if it were no contest.

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