really important to emphasize as much as possible that there was no great popular mandate for trump. these results were as close to an even split as possible.
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“The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
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Now as it happens, he wasn't able to get far with that, as he had a modicum of responsiveness to the electorate
Before this year, the last time it happened was 1960!
Millions stayed home on election day to get what’s going to be the worst rerun in history.
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The theory is that if you just keep saying it, the political press will start treating it as a given.
Of course that makes the word "mandate" pretty much meaningless.
They’ll just say that they have a mandate, the press and media will report what they said
Rather than, you know, look at the data themselves and inform/educate the populace about it
Much like “they say it’s raining, others say it’s not” - and not look outside
48% of the vote - the Democratic Party must abandon all of its beliefs to kiss ass to the oligarch class
Yes, the House is very close & changes possible in a short two years
Will be interesting to see if $ what they, Republicans, achieve besides tax cuts
It’s tragic that a deranged psychopath has a ceiling of 49% and change… It should be 2%.
2. The Republicans have successfully conned the people of this country and propagandized them.
It's "vibes".
"Compassionate" (idiot, draft dodging, skirt chaser) "Conservative"
Vindictive (idiot, draft dodging, skirt chaser) Chaos Agent
Because the rest of the world cannot afford to wait any longer for America to fix itself.
All Americans have to be held collectively responsible for this mess now. Whether they voted for it or not.
Trump & Putin are going to burn the world.
Trump will tout his 'mandate' the same way Bush claimed his nonexistent one. None of the real numbers will matter.
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Did they see through that thinking „heh cool I want to be tricked and robbed“?
Alas, we're an extremely dumb people.
2020 voters just stayed home this time.
It is not due to what looks like a slim majority.
I could be wrong though
It just seemed like it gave him the right to push through his agenda without going through the process.
The inmates are running the asylum
Different media environment. Different polity. But maybe...