"The beauty is that we won by so much. The mandate was massive," President-elect Donald Trump asserted, despite having won less than 50% of the popular vote. Trump claimed his victory represented a powerful mandate, despite historical context showing his electoral success was not unprecedented.
Julia Azari, a professor at Marquette University, notes, "We really don't know why voters cast their ballots... elections seem to be kind of a broad referendum on the status quo," suggesting that claims of a 'mandate' can be misleading.
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