There's a long history of presidents claiming that their win means the will of the people is behind their agendas. But elections are rarely full-throated endorsements of a candidate's every policy.
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The majority of voters (51%) voted for someone else - he couldn’t even get the overall popular vote as he only got 49%. That’s neither a mandate nor representative of over half the country. It doesn’t even represent a quarter of the country, it’s about 22% (the most ignorant & hateful people).
If 115,000 people in PA, MI, and WI who voted for Trump had voted for Harris instead, she would be President-elect right now. The Democrats picked up a House seat—despite losing at least three seats to gerrymandered districts in NC. This is NO mandate.
A win at 1.4%, 2 million people for the popular vote, or just under 10-20k in battleground states is not a mandate and not permission to do what they will! Dems were elected down ballot!
"...higher than pre-pandemic grocery store prices and the lack of affordable housing... also upset with the number of migrants crossing the southern U.S. border."
Trump won the election with lies and disinformation. We must say so. He's already backtracking.
Anyone with a functioning brain knows he has no mandate
But what he *does* have is an illiberal thirst for power and money and an entire party of sycophants to enable him - and a Democratic party that appears to be unwilling to stand up and fight.
So your point is ..?
The majority of the US, both R and D, wants universal healthcare. Like every other “developed” nation has. It was not even an issue in the election. It was off the table. That is the unified “agenda”.
"But elections are RARELY full-throated endorsements of a candidate's EVERY policy."
No shit? We have only 2 candidates/parties to choose from, and by picking one we SOMETIMES aren't agreeing to ALL their policies? Truly informative and courageous reporting here, NPR.
Oh NPR, you are so adorable, writing a sober, fact-based article, treating Trump as if he's just like any other candidate. Trump could have lost by 10 points and ridden to the White House in a tank and he'd still have claimed a mandate to turn the US government into his personal possession.
Republicans have a history of claiming that they’re doing “what the American people want” while ignoring 70% of what Americans have made clear that they want with regard to such issues as abortion rights and gun control.
1/3 voted for Trump.
1/3 sat on their asses.
1/3 voted like reasonable adults
Ugh… I still remember the “now is not the time to talk time about gun control” nonsense from Republicans during the Obama era. Because heaven forbid these guys do their job, and write laws for regulations or something.
…”And while Trump is the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote, it's hard to claim a "mandate" when a president gets less than 50%, as Trump did in this election. In fact, Trump's popular-vote margin was the second-narrowest in the last 60 years.”
Republicans always declare “mandates”, and always to implement unpopular policies and at the same time ignoring policies which actually have support of around 2/3s of the population, like gun control.
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But yeah no way! Trump is full of shit on this too. Water is wet. News at 11.
What matters is how bad he's able to screw this country over in the next four years... and decades to come.
HE JUST LIES. Every fucking day, HE LIES.
DEATH to the dictatorship🖕🏼💀🖕🏼
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Trump won the election with lies and disinformation. We must say so. He's already backtracking.
Vote your best interests 2026!!!
😏 Tiny hands, tiny margins.
But what he *does* have is an illiberal thirst for power and money and an entire party of sycophants to enable him - and a Democratic party that appears to be unwilling to stand up and fight.
So your point is ..?
No shit? We have only 2 candidates/parties to choose from, and by picking one we SOMETIMES aren't agreeing to ALL their policies? Truly informative and courageous reporting here, NPR.
1/3 voted for Trump.
1/3 sat on their asses.
1/3 voted like reasonable adults