Hey Dan - not trying to argue, just understand what you mean with Biden not having a mandate in 2020. Trump won the EC and popular vote this year, but had less than 50% so a plurality. In 2020, Biden won the EC and over 51% of the popular vote, so a majority. What would it take to be considered a mandate? I thought that was typically considered if winning both EC and popular vote of more than 50%. Can you please help me understand what you mean?
You could say a mandate is in the eye of the president-elect. By some definitions just getting elected confers a mandate. It looks like in the popular vote in 2020 Biden beat Trump more than Trump beat Harris in 2024. On the other hand in 2024 Trump's Electoral College margin of victory is larger than Biden's was in 2020. Obama's 2008 win was considerably more convincing, but the last landslide was Reagan in 1984.
What's not accurate? Trump certainly does not have a mandate and niether did Biden in 2020.
Hey Dan - not trying to argue, just understand what you mean with Biden not having a mandate in 2020. Trump won the EC and popular vote this year, but had less than 50% so a plurality. In 2020, Biden won the EC and over 51% of the popular vote, so a majority. What would it take to be considered a mandate? I thought that was typically considered if winning both EC and popular vote of more than 50%. Can you please help me understand what you mean?
You could say a mandate is in the eye of the president-elect. By some definitions just getting elected confers a mandate. It looks like in the popular vote in 2020 Biden beat Trump more than Trump beat Harris in 2024. On the other hand in 2024 Trump's Electoral College margin of victory is larger than Biden's was in 2020. Obama's 2008 win was considerably more convincing, but the last landslide was Reagan in 1984.