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Well, it appears he has won the electoral votes, so he will become President, along with the Constitutional powers and authority granted to that office.
But when you say "mandate," what does that mean? A mandate to do what?
I am not defining it. Each respondent is free to define the term for himself.
Esteban X
Active Member
Making the question meaningless.
Au contraire, it makes it either meaningful or meaningless solely based on what mandate means to you.
No, he has the trust of the majority of the electorate.
So you are saying that a democratic majority of votes doesn't define a mandate.
Alien826
No religious beliefs
According to my definition, I would say he does have a mandate. The National Popular Vote gives it where the Electoral College doesn't. However, the margin of victory is still fairly slim, so it might be called a "weak" mandate.
PureX
Veteran Member
A mandate to do what? A mandate to ignore and disregard the people that did not vote for him?
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
A mandate would imply not just a clear electoral college win, but a strong win of the House. And that is still up for grabs as I write this. They will very likely maintain control of the House, making it more difficult for Democrats to oppose them.
I know you're trying to be clever, but there is no such thing as a mandate in the abstract. Rather, there is a mandate to do "X" - whatever "X" might be.
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
In the U.K. an elected government is considered to have a mandate to do whatever is in their published manifesto. Do presidential candidates have written manifestos? If not, presumably they can still argue that they have a mandate to do the things they said they’d do; which in Trump’s case leaves him free to try to undermine the legal institutions of his country.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Sorry, we don't have those. Though it sounds like a good idea.
Wrong, because the "X" could be an abstract, such as the abstraction of being President.
Augustus
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He has a mandate to be president and all the powers that go with the job, same as Bush, Obama, Biden or anyone else.
He doesn't have some kind of special mandate beyond this.
The presidency is a huge responsibility. We will see if he is capable of obeying the law and his oath. I seriously doubt he will be able to do it this second time around. And if the House goes to republicans it will be a man who is unchecked. We will watch and see if MAGA ruins the government to such a degree that citizens will learn this movement is not filled with public servants.