Moderately Grumpy @moderatelygrumpy.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Then define a mandate please. Saying he didn't get it without clear definition gets people confused and we look stupid. It has nothing to do with a supermajority. Mind you, I hate Mango Mussolini, but we have to be better. 🦋 100
A Blue View @ablueview.bsky.social · 23/11/2024It's not a dictionary issue about what the word means, it is how the word mandate is used in practice in politics. This earlier post include more of an explanation of what an electoral mandate means: bsky.app/profile/ablu...A Blue View@ablueview.bsky.social#NotAMandate #NotAMajority "Mr. Trump’s victory was neither unprecedented nor a landslide. In fact, he prevailed with one of the smallest margins of victory in the popular vote since the 19th century [2.49M, 1.62%] & generated little of the coattails of a true landslide." www.nytimes.com/2024... 010
