Donald Trump and his collection of MAGA goons/cultists keep yapping about a “mandate” that the Nov. 5 presidential election delivered to the GOP ticket.
Mandates are born from electoral landslides. Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris, while significant, doesn’t constitute a mandate.
To wit:
- 1952, Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower scored a landslide win over Adlai Stevenson. His mandate was to build an interstate highway system that revolutionized motor vehicle travel in this nation.
- 1964, Democratic President Lyndon Johnson won election huge over Barry Goldwater and then embarked on the Great Society effort that produced landmark voting rights and civil rights legislation.
- 1972, Republican President Richard Nixon swept to re-election over George McGovern and then managed the following year to end our combat involvement in the Vietnam War.
- 1980, Republican Ronald Reagan capitalized on President Carter’s bad luck with the Iranian hostage crisis and high inflation. His mandate enabled him to restore national confidence in our government. Same for the mandate he secured with his 49-state landslide in 1984 over Walter Mondale.
So, if Donald Trump is going to boast about mandates in the 2024 election, I must remind y’all that all the examples I cited came from campaigns that produced enormous popular vote margins, not to mention Electoral College wipeouts of historic proportions.
At last count, Kamala Harris is continuing to whittle Trump’s vote margin down to less than a majority and a plurality that stands at 1.55%.
Will the new president heed those numbers as he continues to assemble his executive team? Hardly.
There’s no doubt of corruption in vote counts. There no possible way it can take this long to have a final tally. The ONLY reason to not have a count at this time is the Democrats are set on getting Harris the popular vote. It’s impossible for it to take this long without corruption. The last time I looked at AP’s site, Trump was just over 50% of the popular vote. The other places had him at 49.9%.
Harris won’t overtake Trump. There’s no conspiracy to push her over the top. Jeez, man. Settle down. Your guy won.
So, when does California quit trying? There have been leaks that have stated the opposite of your view. The most corrupt state in the nation, well minus Washington DC since it’s not a state.
I know “my guy” won. You’re doing your best to diminish it. I consider it a landslide victory considering how the media constantly pushes democrats over republicans. How their reporting is majorly one sided. If you run as a republican, you not only run against your opponent, you also run against the majority of the media. Of course with your views, you’re perfectly okay with that.
Not a landslide, but certainly legit.
You also overstate the power of the media in today’s political climate.
Side note:
Congratulations on your Ducks win and #1 ranking. They had a much better 2nd half today. Defense really stepped up 2nd half and of course their offense is nearly always strong. Maybe somehow Texas can meet them in the championship game and we can get football banter going instead of politics. 😊
I would like that. Good luck for your Horns, too. Go Ducks!