What mandate? Trump has now received less than 50% of the votes cast
News media pundits are still crowing about Donald Trump’s “decisive” victory based on a lot of states showing up as red in the Electoral College tally.
Actual votes counted? A different picture, but don’t expect to see it in traditional news.
As of 6 pm Pacific on Monday, the University of Florida Election Lab reports 155,803,701 ballots cast.
CNN reports Trump has received 76,611,197 votes.
Do the math: that’s 49.2% of ballots cast. (CNN reports: 49.9%)
Neither is a mandate.
Despite lack of a popular vote mandate, Trump is hell-bent on deploying American military domestically for deportation and nominating a cabinet full of unqualified lackeys.
According to CNN, Trump leads Kamala Harris by 1.7%. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had 2.1% more votes than Trump in 2016. Trump’s lead is considerably less than half of President Joe Biden’s 4.5% popular vote win in 2020.
Once again, a system put in place to appease Southern slave states has succeeded in painting a false picture of Trump’s actual support.
See
- Donald Trump’s Mandate Isn’t As Strong as It Seems
- Trump’s popular vote total drops below 50 percent as he confirms plan to use military for mass deportations.
- What mandate? Trump received only 2.2% more votes in 2024 than 2020
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