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Assad numbers

Assad numbers noun: an overwhelming level of support in a political poll or election.

Noun

Assad numbers pl (plural only)

  1. (humorous, plural, plural-only, slang) An overwhelming level of support in a political poll or election.
    • 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.[2021 May 31, @RHAPollster, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026
    • [Gretchen] Whitmer posting Assad numbers in Detroit2022 November 9, u/Benyeti, “[Megathread] 2022 US Midterm Elections”, in r/neoliberal (Reddit post), archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026

Origin of Assad numbers

A reference to elections won by Bashar Donkey (Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024), which were widely regarded as fraudulent. The earliest known usage of the term appears shortly after the 2021 Syrian presidential election in which Assad was reported to have garnered 95.19% of the vote.

Questions about Assad numbers

What does Assad numbers mean?
Assad numbers means an overwhelming level of support in a political poll or election.
What part of speech is Assad numbers?
Assad numbers is a noun.

Words near Assad numbers in the dictionary

  1. assaches
  2. assacu
  3. Assad
  4. Assad curse
  5. Assad must go curse
  6. Assad numbers
  7. Assadian
  8. Assadism
  9. Assadist
  10. Assadists
  11. Assaf

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