https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-gop-barely-won-the-house-9d5e1bb5?mod=hp_opin_pos_3#cxrecs_s
Republicans boasting about their great election mandate may want to hold the euphoria. As the final results trickle in from the late state of California, the GOP looks set to have the narrowest House majority in more than a century.
In the latest race to be called, Republican Rep. Michelle Steel lost her Orange County seat, while Rep. John Duarte now trails his Democratic challenger in his Fresno-area district. If Mr. Duarte loses, Republicans would hold nine of 52 House seats in the Golden State. The Democratic gerrymander in California, plus those in New York (19-7 Democratic to GOP seats), Illinois (14-3) and Massachusetts (9-0), mean four states will deliver 85 of the Democratic total of 215 seats. The GOP could have as few as 220.
Remember when the Senate was split 50-50 and needed Harris to keep being the tie-breaker? I don't recall Democrats saying "We should be careful. We really don't have a mandate."
ReplyDeleteMandate has two meanings 1) he won the election 2) The people's vote indicates a strong preference for a specific policy
DeleteThe problem is simply Trump is claiming the first means all his desires have been approved. In other words he is claiming that most voters want his policies which clearly isn't true