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Election Day November 5,2024

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Old 11-25-2024, 08:39 PM   #166
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Popular vote totals make Trump’s ‘mandate’ look like a mirage


https://news.yahoo.com/news/maddow-b...130359790.html


On the surface, the argument, such as it is, might seem unnecessary. Trump won, fair and square. He’ll have power and the ability to pursue his goals.

But the details matter. As things stand, according to the latest tally from the Cook Political Report, Trump won 49.86% of the popular vote — a margin of 1.6% over Vice President Kamala Harris. (The Democratic nominee, interestingly enough, came up short while winning a higher percentage of the popular vote than Trump received in 2016 or 2020.)

The bottom line is unambiguous: As a matter of arithmetic, the 2024 contest was a close race in which more Americans voted against him than for him.

This is relevant, not for practical reasons, but for political ones. Trump’s many critics can declare, accurately and honestly, to the nation and the world, that the incoming president lacks an electoral mandate. The incoming president and his allies, meanwhile, can try to claim that he's the one true voice of the nation, but the popular vote totals point in the opposite direction.

When some news organizations reported on this last week, Karoline Leavitt, the incoming White House press secretary, responded via social media, “New Fake News Narrative Alert! ... The fake news is trying to minimize President Trump’s massive and historic victory to try to delegitimize his mandate before he even takes the Oath of Office again.”

But the pushback is baseless. There’s nothing “fake” about actual election results, whether Republicans approve of them or not. Using the word “mandate” over and over again will not change the outcome or make Trump's coming overreach any less outrageous.
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Old 11-26-2024, 09:05 AM   #167
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Still coping hard I see…lotta this action

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Old 11-27-2024, 03:49 PM   #168
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Still not won a popular vote election.
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Old 11-27-2024, 05:24 PM   #169
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Still not won a popular vote election.
He did in fact win the popular vote. He just didn't win over 50 percent of the votes cast.

Ronald Reagan in 1984 won every state except Minnesota and I believe 57 percent of the vote. Nixon in 1972 won almost every state and I think over 60 percent. And yet if such a result was obtained today, you'd have people saying "but you need 70 percent for a mandate......"
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Old 11-27-2024, 08:27 PM   #170
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He did in fact win the popular vote. He just didn't win over 50 percent of the votes cast.

Ronald Reagan in 1984 won every state except Minnesota and I believe 57 percent of the vote. Nixon in 1972 won almost every state and I think over 60 percent. And yet if such a result was obtained today, you'd have people saying "but you need 70 percent for a mandate......"
More people voted against him then for him. Not saying he didn't win, just not the popular vote.
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Old 11-27-2024, 09:06 PM   #171
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More people voted against him then for him. Not saying he didn't win, just not the popular vote.
Fact check, yes Trump won the popular vote

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/11/tr...claims-online/

In order to win the popular vote, a candidate must only receive more votes than any other single candidate — that is, a plurality of votes. They need not win the majority of all votes cast.


Bigly won the popular vote G1, suck it up buttercup
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Old 11-28-2024, 12:39 AM   #172
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Trump won the popular vote, he just didn’t cross 50%, just a little under it. Clinton won the popular vote twice but he didn’t cross 50%.
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Trump won the popular vote, he just didn’t cross 50%, just a little under it. Clinton won the popular vote twice but he didn’t cross 50%.
More people voted against trump then for him, yes it's that simple and a great case to dump the Electoral College.
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Old 11-28-2024, 08:22 AM   #174
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More people voted against trump then for him, yes it's that simple and a great case to dump the Electoral College.
So, that’s happened several times. Trump still would have won in a popular vote Only election this time. There’s always a small percentage of third parties getting the vote.

Popular vote is the votes you actually get and if you win more than the other candidates, you won the popular vote. Just because you don’t hit the 50% threshold doesn’t mean you lost the popular vote.

No Dem was going to win this election because the top 2 issues were inflation and immigration and that went against the Democrats. Kamala couldn’t escape that because she was part of the current administration. Other Dems also couldn’t escape that because Dems are in charge and Dems are getting the blame.
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Remarkable footage shows Wisconsin women screaming in unison towards Lake Michigan in the wake of Vice President Harris's Nov. 5 loss to President-elect Trump.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/women-eng...lease-our-pain


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Old 11-28-2024, 11:50 AM   #176
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[QUOTE=88Commanders00;1368526]So, that’s happened several times. Trump still would have won in a popular vote Only election this time. There’s always a small percentage of third parties getting the vote.

Popular vote is the votes you actually get and if you win more than the other candidates, you won the popular vote. Just because you don’t hit the 50% threshold doesn’t mean you lost the popular vote.

No Dem was going to win this election because the top 2 issues were inflation and immigration and that went against the Democrats. Kamala couldn’t escape that because she was part of the current administration. Other Dems also couldn’t escape that because Dems are in charge and Dems are getting the blame.[/QUOTE]

I get that IMO she did ok for a 12 week campaign against someone who had been running for 4 years.
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Old 11-28-2024, 12:08 PM   #177
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Remarkable footage shows Wisconsin women screaming in unison towards Lake Michigan in the wake of Vice President Harris's Nov. 5 loss to President-elect Trump.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/women-eng...lease-our-pain


Totally not a cult
You should be able to relate , you've been screaming and whining for 4 years.
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