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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 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.)