No, Trump Did Not Win in a Landslide—Nor Did He Secure a Mandate

The Nation ^ | November 12, 2024 | Joan Walsh

[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.

[Labyrinthos]

Mark Levin explained tonight why Trump’s victory is a landside based upon the current demographics. He is correct, which is why he is the “great one” and I am not.

[jdt1138]

E. Pluribus Unum proven to Be a Communist Hack

More news at 11.

[Political Junkie Too]

It looks like a wave to me...

Source interactive map from Newsweek: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/11/politics/vote-shift-trump-election-dg/

-PJ

[Beowulf9]

What was it that fox said about those grapes?

[so_real]

The more they deny reality, the more they cling to their delusions, the more their party bleeds supporters, the more conservatives keep winning. I'm not tired of winning yet, Mr. President.

[Maris Crane]

WHY DOESN’T “THE NATION” MOVE TO CUBA....LIFE WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER FOR THE SOCIALISTS/MARXIST/COMMUNISTS WHO ADORE MISERY AND DEPRAVATION.

[alexander_busek]

If she doesn't like the expression "landslide," I would be happy with "tidal wave."

Regards,

[teeman8r]

Perhaps since trump won 52 % of women, we should call it a womandate?

[Sirius Lee]

Which stage of Grief is the author going to be in today?

[who knows what evil?]

...not the single women...not even close.

[Brunswick]

Still counting votes??? STILL COUNTING VOTES??? Definitely FRAUD.

[DeplorablePaul]

Liberal? Walsh is Maoist commie. I read many of her columns at Slate. She is a Stalinist Maoist. The point of this column is that the Democrat Party which is the skin suit for communists should stick to their commie platform.

[cuban leaf]

Presidency and both houses = mandate.

[blueplum]

THIS!

Comparing America’s elections today to Reagan’s America or Nixon’s America is comparing apples to oranges. Whole different world: way fewer foreign-born voters* born, bred and aclimatized under socialist regimes and nationalized industry, way fewer socialist groupies, way fewer haters of white men in particular, and no covid-brained freaks drilled for years by wackadoodle teachers, the interweb and dozens of “special interest groups” to exploit taxpayers and the court system, and to hate American values and pride of country.

That over 72M people voted in favor of expanding an all-encompassing nanny state, people who forgot JFK’s admonishment to think ‘not what the country can do for you but what you can do for the country’, is proof enough of how much urbanized and university centric voters have changed, and not for the better. In today’s America, Trump securing an 86 electoral vote win - IS - a landslide.

[ *The foreign-born population rose from 9.6 million in 1970 to 14.1 million in 1980 and to 19.8 million in 1990. The estimated foreign-born population in 1997 was 25.8 million. In 2022, the foreign-born population in the United States was 46.2 million]

[conservative98]

There isn’t going to be 49 state landslide like Reagan had in ‘84 because of demographics and the way voting is conducted nowadays. Winning the popular vote and EVERY swing state is a Reagan-like landslide for Trump.

[Gaffer]

Gee. A leftist journalist trying to put her “it wasn’t so bad” spin on their loss.

Look at the FACES. Jen Psaki, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, Whoopi, little Miss Moppet Jeanne-Pierre, Nicolle Wallace - virtually ANY face on MSM and you’ll see that it was a “landslide.”

I spent two days reviewing complete coverage from NBC and MSNBC and it was wonderful watching their faces turn from ‘joy’ to abject sorrow. Screw your two points, lady.

[Gaffer]

That’s what they think....but in 6 months they’ll be asking each other “who/what is a Kamala?”

ONE BILLION DOLLAR loser and now pariah of the left.

[cgbg]

From hilarious lefty panel on CSPAN yesterday discussing the election:

“One of the issues was immigration.”

“Well uh can we say it uh um illegal immigration?”

The other panelists were not happy but they did not shout it down either.

Lol.

If we can get them to say the word “illegal” it has been a major victory.

[AndyJackson]

Sorry, it was just a comment addressed to no one in particular.

[icclearly]

Comparing America’s elections today to Reagan’s America or Nixon’s America is comparing apples to oranges.

Sadly, you're quite wrong. Our demographics is what it is whether 1900, 1960, or 2024.

The bottom line is that Reagan won with 525 EV in 1984 -- a landslide. Trump won by a narrow margin. While we are both happy about that, it does not change the fact that the other 50% of the country ain't going to forget -- whatever their makeup.