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pstokely

(10,530 posts) Wed Oct 31, 2012, 12:23 AM Oct 2012

How much of the popular vote does the electoral winner have get for a mandate?

The chimp had a mandate with just 51%

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How much of the popular vote does the electoral winner have get for a mandate? (Original Post) pstokely Oct 2012 OP

mandate... ain't that something gay guys do?...n/t oldhippydude Oct 2012 #1

50.000000000000001 % defacto7 Oct 2012 #2

Only if you are a Republican ToxMarz Oct 2012 #3

For a Republican, 49.5% (see: 2000)... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #4

Depends on their party affiliation quakerboy Oct 2012 #5

oldhippydude

(2,514 posts)

1. mandate... ain't that something gay guys do?...n/t

Reply to pstokely (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 12:24 AM

Oct 2012

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

2. 50.000000000000001 %

Reply to pstokely (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 12:36 AM

Oct 2012

ToxMarz

(2,169 posts)

3. Only if you are a Republican

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 01:12 AM

Oct 2012

If you are a Democrat you never get one. And if you are a 2nd term Socialist, Kenyan, Maoist, Communist, Fascist with no birth certificate you are lucky if you don't get impeached.

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)

4. For a Republican, 49.5% (see: 2000)...

Reply to pstokely (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 01:22 AM

Oct 2012

...for a Democrat, even 100% is too small.

quakerboy

(13,920 posts)

5. Depends on their party affiliation

Reply to pstokely (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 02:04 AM

Oct 2012

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