Summary
Donald Trump and his team are attacking media outlets like Politico and The New York Times for reporting that his 2024 election victory over Kamala Harris was narrow, not a “landslide.”
Trump won by 1.6 points and failed to secure a majority of the popular vote, a smaller margin than Hillary Clinton’s over him in 2016.
Despite these facts, Trump and his allies continue to tout his win as “historic” and “dominant,” aiming to bolster his political mandate amid criticisms that his victory was less decisive than claimed.
it doesn’t say he didn’t win the popular vote. it says he didn’t secure majority. majority doesn’t mean more than others; it means more than half.
it’s not a nitpick; it’s about him claiming mandate.
Serious question: Does it have any relevance whether or not someone secures majority of the public vote? Other than debunking Trump’s landslide rethoric, I mean.
It is mostly relevant because of the long list of recent presidents who did. It also is clearly not a “mandate” and means at least half the US voters disagree with him. So other poloticians shouldn’t just do what he says. That is mostly relevant inside the republican party, giving those that disagree more room to do so.
if you exclude where it matters, it doesn’t matter; that’s correct.