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   Steve Randy Waldman (interfluidity@zirk.us)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 00:14:12 JST Steve Randy Waldman

   Donald Trump has no mandate at all. The majority of people who voted in the 2024 election voted against him.

   He won a plurality of the popular vote. He achieved not even the barest majority, which itself would not constitute any kind of a mandate.

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) (greenskyoverme@ohai.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 00:14:11 JST GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

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     @interfluidity I don't understand this. If he won a plurality of the popular vote, how can it be the majority voted against him? Maybe I don't understand what a plurality is.

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) (greenskyoverme@ohai.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 00:18:23 JST GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

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     @interfluidity ah

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     Steve Randy Waldman (interfluidity@zirk.us)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 00:18:24 JST Steve Randy Waldman

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     • GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

     @GreenSkyOverMe there were more than two candidates on people’s ballots.

     Donald Trump won more votes than any other candidate. But the other candidates together won more than 50% of the vote.

     a majority of voters voted for someone other than Donald Trump.