| >The thought that the vote was "real close to 50-50" and "trump didn't get a majority of the vote" Yes. Both of those things are true. Other folks correctly mentioned that. >and "therefore we just need to do what we're doing and it'll work out OK in 2028 and the midterms" is what the video clip i linked was talking to. Who said that? Not me. Not anyone else on this thread. Rather, various folks rebutted[0][5][6] your assertion (whether you're quoting some rando or not) that "there absolutely is a mandate." Which is a ridiculous statement, as the current incumbent only received 1.5% more votes than his opponent. That's not a mandate, that's a squeaker. What would constitute a mandate? Contrast the results with the 1972, 1984 or 1996 elections, which actually conveyed a mandate. Go ahead and compare the results of those elections (definitely mandate elections) with the 2024 presidential election where[4]: Trump won the Electoral College with 312 electoral votes,
while Harris received 226...
Trump won the national popular vote with a plurality of
49.8%.
1972: "President Richard Nixon defeated Democratic Senator George McGovern in a landslide victory. With 60.7% of the popular vote, Richard Nixon won the largest share of the popular vote for the Republican Party in any presidential election.[1] Nixon also won 49 of the 50 states.1984: "Reagan won re-election in a landslide victory, carrying 525 electoral votes, 49 states, and 58.8% of the popular vote. Mondale won 13 electoral votes: 10 from his home state of Minnesota, which he won by a narrow margin of 0.18% (3,761 votes), and 3 from the District of Columbia, which has always voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic candidate."[2] 1996: "Clinton defeated Dole by a wide margin, winning 379 electors to Dole's 159 and taking 49.2% of the national popular vote to Dole's 40.7%."[3] As you can see, 1.5% is a tiny margin compared with real mandate elections. So your youtube/The View rando is flat wrong about a mandate for Trump. Which says nothing at all about future elections or election strategies for the Democratic Party. You're trying to put words in the mouths of others. Please stop. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43276767 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_States_presidentia... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_presidentia... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_United_States_presidentia... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidentia... [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43276365 [6] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43276669 Edit: Completed my comment. Apologies for any confusion after inadvertently posting an incomplete comment. Clarified prose too. |
How many minutes did you spend writing all of this to me? The video i linked is less than 5 minutes long and it answers "rebuttals" you or anyone else has said.
you stop. :-)