is 3.5% more than 54%

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Is 3.5 more than 54?

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3.5% can be more than 54%.

3.5% of 1000 (35) is more than 54% of 10 (5.4).

It is a popular use of percentages by politicians to compare the percentages with out saying what the population the percentage is based on.
Treating the percents as pure fractions, I disagree with Dr Russ. However, if you are considering percents of different numbers, 3.5% can be higher.