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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOlbermann just posted this on Facebook "Obama took Florida! Woot Woot!!!"
Looking for additional confirmation, but this mean mandate, baby!
FarPoint
(12,437 posts)Sorry...I'm just pitiful at times.
Never mind...at first I didn't think it would come up on google....but it did.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_(politics)
In politics, a mandate is the authority granted by a constituency to act as its representative.[1]
The concept of a government having a legitimate mandate to govern via the fair winning of a democratic election is a central idea of democracy. New governments who attempt to introduce policies that they did not make public during an election campaign are said to not have a legitimate mandate to implement such policies.
Elections, especially ones with a large margin of victory, are often said to give the newly elected government or elected official a mandate to implement certain policies. Also, the period during which a government serves between elections is often referred to as a mandate and when the government seeks re-election it is said to be seeking a "new mandate".
In some languages, a 'mandate' can mean a parliamentary seat won in an election.
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)it means that there is overwhelming evidence that the majority of people want a certain paradigm to occur.
BTW wikipedia and google are our good friends.
Snarkoleptic
(6,001 posts)Just sayin'
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)Bromance! Hard to keep up with all the new terminology!
FarPoint
(12,437 posts)Coexist
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byeya
(2,842 posts)If there are any moderate Repugs left, this election should have cured them of their fear of the Tea Party