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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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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: bs; communists; fakenews; itwasalandslide; joanwalsh; media; mediabias; tds; tdsinsanity; trump
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

OK Joan— if it helps you feel better…


61 posted on 11/12/2024 6:17:52 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: napscoordinator

Too many people think president is king!


62 posted on 11/12/2024 6:22:42 PM PST by Reily ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Plenty to disagree with, but indeed, it’s not a landslide.

We again barely hold the Congress and barely got the Pres, going by popular and for electoral, still too much “blue” on there.

Just remember this. We have no serious”mandate” and it’s still apparent half the country is traitors. We got lucky.

Very glad to be so blessedly lucky, but it’s still cutting close. They will ever be nipping at our heels. Unless they really leave and disown citizenship as is sometimes promised.


63 posted on 11/12/2024 6:27:58 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Reily

They certainly do. It will be interesting to find out for those who think that, are deeply wrong. Of course they will blame trump.


64 posted on 11/12/2024 6:29:25 PM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Reily

Absolutely…including all sides. I have become convinced people need a king/dictator. Trump love, democrats in general, American slathering over stupid English “royals”…all convinces me.


65 posted on 11/12/2024 6:29:51 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Joan Walsh, LOL!


66 posted on 11/12/2024 6:30:30 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Nervous Tick
Now go make him a sandwich.

And get me a beer while you're up, Joanie.

And make it snappy - you still got a sinkload of dishes to do.

67 posted on 11/12/2024 6:32:47 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Losers invariably find a favorable explanation for a failure.


68 posted on 11/12/2024 6:35:14 PM PST by californian by choice (Who are those who believe in science?)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Not just “slathering” over English royals but the whole celebrity (entertainment, sports, even “political” families!) culture that we give unthinking deference to proves that!


69 posted on 11/12/2024 6:36:54 PM PST by Reily ( )
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To: icclearly

Absolutely correct. Reagan was a real landslide…as was Nixon 2nd term! Hell, Big Bush got above 400 EVs! Again, the legacy of Reagan there…sorry guys, no comparison.

Correction, though: Biden officially got 306 EV. So only a tad under this Trump. And a tad over Trump 16. Respectable but no blow-out.


70 posted on 11/12/2024 6:37:19 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Since it is the Electoral College that determines the winner, since POTUS Trump won 58% of the Electoral College votes, and because his tail coats swung the Senate and increased the house membership ....... FOLKS, this here is a

L A N D S L I D E !!!!!


71 posted on 11/12/2024 6:42:38 PM PST by Racketeer
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Perception is reality.
And in this instance, the reality is AmericaFirst has the progressive hogwarts tied in knots.
AmericaFirst honors God, Family, Community, Country.
In that order. And the demonic hogwarts are outside their minds trying to deal with it.


72 posted on 11/12/2024 6:45:19 PM PST by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
It was a landslide!

It is a mandate!

73 posted on 11/12/2024 6:54:38 PM PST by TigersEye (If you voted for Kamala you're a squirrel murdering communist!)
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To: Montana_Sam

“Perception is reality.”

In 2020 the Democrats won by even less, a few thousand votes in close states, but they acted like it was a landslide. Some of their wishes they didn’t get, like DC and Puerto Rico statehood and packing the Supreme Court, but they got a lot done. We should do the same, go for it all.


74 posted on 11/12/2024 6:58:53 PM PST by rxh4n1 ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Okay. So it wasn’t a landslide but it was an avalanche and you turd rolling RATS got you asse kicked when Trump got his mandate. And what this about you RAT azhos wanting to give the White House to the loser for three months. Lay off the booze.


75 posted on 11/12/2024 7:03:48 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (We're taking our country back! You RATS can keep your "Democrazy" and take it when you go.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The isn’t the first time this broad did or said something idiotic. The name sure rings a bell but I can’t remember why. Anybody else know?


76 posted on 11/12/2024 7:11:05 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (We're taking our country back! You RATS can keep your "Democrazy" and take it when you go.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Presidency WON
Senate WON
House WON
Popular Vote WON
Working Class and Minorities WON

What part of LANDSLIDE is not understood?


77 posted on 11/12/2024 7:22:27 PM PST by Mlheureux
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Elections have Consequences.”


78 posted on 11/12/2024 7:27:12 PM PST by steve8714 (Evidently the Oxford comma is racist, sexist, or homophobic. You decide which.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He certainly has a mandate since he beat the lawfare, censorship, and lies and still won comfortably taking every swing state. After the outrageous behavior of the corrupt establishment he must ow clean house.


79 posted on 11/12/2024 7:42:04 PM PST by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I hope this means dems will keep doing the same things; running on the same platforms.

I would even like to see the dems bring back Joe Biden and run him again in 2028.

80 posted on 11/12/2024 7:49:16 PM PST by jeffersondem
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