Despite what President Trump may think, he was NOT given a mandate in his election. He won by one of the narrowist margins in history. A margin of only 0.15% of the popular vote is most certainly not a charter to do anything he wants. That is only a tiny fraction of the "landslide" 22.6% margin of 1964.
Not only that, he also did not get a majority of the voyes either. He only received 49.8* of all popular votes that were cast. Compare that with George W. Bush with 50.3% in 2004, Barrack Obama with 52.9% in 2008 and 51% in 2012, or Joe Biden with 51.3% in 2020. Even when consoidering the Electoral College votes, Trump only received 6 more votes than Harris; 312 to 306.
Yet Trump and his allies are claiming a "landslide" and a "blowout". From their telling, Trump's "sweeping" and "historic" victory has given MAGA a "powerful mandate" to govern. Everyone's vote counted, but the real outcome came down to the choices of just a tiny sliver of swing state voters. NOT a mandate from my perspective.
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