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No, Trump Did Not Win in a Landslide—Nor Did He Secure a Mandate
The Nation ^
| November 12, 2024
| Joan Walsh
Posted on 11/12/2024 4:47:37 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
As blue Western states and cities finish counting votes, it looks like the popular vote “landslide” projected for Donald Trump last week turned out to be a trickle. When all the votes are counted, he will end up with a margin of roughly two points over Vice President Kamala Harris. Presidents Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Richard Nixon in 1972 won more than 60 percent of the popular vote; Ronald Reagan in 1984 won 58 percent. Those were landslides.
Don’t get me wrong, it was a
bad outcome for Democrats. Trump won all seven swing states, netting himself 312 Electoral College votes (to Biden’s 306 in 2020). Democrats lost control of the Senate; the GOP now has 52 seats, and will likely wind up with 53 when the race between incumbent Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey and Connecticut corporate titan David McCormick is finally called (provisional ballots are still being counted). It will probably hold the House, by a slim margin.
So yes, none of this is good news. But it’s not the top-to-bottom repudiation of Democrats as it first looked like, and the way to respond is not to launch a civil war within the Democratic Party. Unfortunately, that has already begun. Centrists blame the doctrine of “woke,” with particular ire for trans Americans (we see you,
New York Rep. Tom Suozzi); leftists say
Democrats abandoned the working class (we hear you, once again, Senator Bernie Sanders). Both positions are wrong.
Others point fingers at the Harris campaign. Meanwhile, much of the media hypes Trump’s win as a landslide, which would seem to validate his racist, anti-worker agenda.
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KEYWORDS: bs; communists; fakenews; itwasalandslide; joanwalsh; media; mediabias; tds; tdsinsanity; trump
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Meanwhile, much of the media hypes Trump’s win as a landslide, which would seem to validate his racist, anti-worker agenda. That would explain all the "minorities" and union members who walked away from the Democrats and voted for President Trump.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Man, losing sucks. Losers.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Ummmmmm. Does this mean Kamala is President?
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:50:45 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Joan Maureen Walsh (born September 18, 1958) is a liberal American political pundit and journalist.
Joan Walsh is the author of “What’s the Matter With White People: Finding Our Way in the Next America.”
“nough said.
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:50:48 PM PST
by
JayGalt
(Fight! Fight! Fight!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They are going to stick with woke.
We are going to cram it down their throats for decades to come.
5
posted on
11/12/2024 4:50:51 PM PST
by
cgbg
(It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
So yes, none of this is good news.I'm havin' a pretty good time with it.
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:51:34 PM PST
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Yes, biatch, Trump won in a landslide and he has a mandate. Now go make him a sandwich.
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:52:57 PM PST
by
Nervous Tick
("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Winning an election is all the mandate you need. Right, Obama?
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Regardless of certain aholes on FR, it was a landslide.
80% of counties moved right. Historic gains in demographics. Plus 4, should be 7 or 8, Senate seats.
House is difficult with the drawn districts being so firm for one party.
State legislatures turning more red.
Popular vote win. More votes for Trump than 16 and 20.
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:55:05 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(I hate yo say I told you so, but I told you so! Trump 2024!)
To: cgbg
"woke", "DEI" and "CRT" are Dead and will be called what they are: RACISM.
Oh, and the definition of RACISM is reverting back to what it was before the summer of flaming "peaceful" protests
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:55:37 PM PST
by
jpp113
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Sounds to me like Joan whasshername has been hitting the bottle......I love it
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:55:55 PM PST
by
Dawgreg
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Joan Walsh? Butthurt is a terrible thing, Joan. Take the cure.

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posted on
11/12/2024 4:55:57 PM PST
by
Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:56:48 PM PST
by
Howie66
(America First!!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
If that Stalinist rag says it, I believe it. /sarc
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:56:55 PM PST
by
Stepan12
(Enrique Tarrio? “Remember the prisoners as if chained with them – those who are mistreated…” Hebrew)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
FU!!!!!!!
Your gaslighter’s broke btch.
The American people have spoken.
So shut it or I’ll shut it for you. Politically, shut it for you politically, that’s what I meant.
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:58:01 PM PST
by
WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
(I have zero tolerance and zero empathy for the left)
To: Disambiguator
Winning an election is all the mandate you need. Right, Obama? “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” — Barack Obama, October 30, 2008
“We are going to have to change our conversation; we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place as a nation.” — Michelle Obama, May 14, 2008
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:58:17 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
If I might speak with uncharacteristic eloquence:
Piss off, bitch!
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:58:34 PM PST
by
DJ Frisat
(If I said something really stupid, chances are I was under the influence of AutoCorrect. 🙄🫤)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:59:25 PM PST
by
broken_clock
(Go Trump! Prayers answered!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Elections have consequences Joan.
Stroke of the pen law of the land. Kinda cool huh?
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:59:36 PM PST
by
WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
(I have zero tolerance and zero empathy for the left)
To: mn-bush-man
“The Nation”, is a left wing magazine doing a left wing spin. Trump Margin will be between 2.5-2.8 M votes
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posted on
11/12/2024 4:59:46 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
( Let’s go Brandon)
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