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Donald Trump has no mandate at all. The majority of people who voted in the 2024 election voted against him.
He won a plurality of the popular vote. He achieved not even the barest majority, which itself would not constitute any kind of a mandate.
@interfluidity And yet, the part where he was elected within the preexisting system was the part where he didn't break the law.
What does that say about the state of the US as a democracy?
Also, i wonder how far behind we are.
@interfluidity I don't understand this. If he won a plurality of the popular vote, how can it be the majority voted against him? Maybe I don't understand what a plurality is.
@GreenSkyOverMe there were more than two candidates on people’s ballots.
Donald Trump won more votes than any other candidate. But the other candidates together won more than 50% of the vote.
a majority of voters voted for someone other than Donald Trump.
@GreenSkyOverMe (Suppose there are three candidates. Candidate A receives 40% of the vote, Candidate B receives 35% of the vote, Candidate C receives 25%. No candidate has achieved a majority, but Candidate A is said to have achieved a plurality, the largest nonmajority block.)