Analysis demolishes Trump’s 'mandate' claims as poll numbers collapse
During his 2025 State of the Union address on Tuesday night, March 4, President Donald Trump repeated his claim that he enjoys a huge "mandate" for his agenda.Trump and many of his allies continue to use words like "historic" and "landslide" to describe his narrow victory over then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the United States' 2024 election. But Trump won the popular vote by only 1.5 percent compared to actual landslides like President Ronald Reagan's 18 percent victory over Democratic Walter Mondale in 1984, when The Gipper picked up a whopping 525 electoral votes — or 1932, when...
Publicado el: 2025-03-05 18:04:15
Autor: Alex Henderson, Fuente: alternet
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