Clinton Now Tries to Build a Mandate

[DonViejo]

Rick Klein: “You can’t force a mandate. But Hillary Clinton is now in the enviable position of having some control over what this election will say to both her supporters and opponents. Should she continue on her current trajectory, she’s in line for a major victory, bordering on a blowout by modern standards. ABC News’ new tracking poll has Clinton crushing Donald Trump by 20 points among women nationally, and even up slightly among men. A win that broad, perhaps with an Arizona and/or a Georgia tipping blue, would signal a message that carried beyond expected demographic and geographical boundaries.”

“Fifty-six percent of Clinton supporters say they are mainly voting to support her rather than to oppose Trump; Trump’s similar number is only 41. If Clinton can convince the country that she is going to win by offering up herself – as opposed to being there solely as an alternative to Trump – it could have implications for governing in the not-so-distant future.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2016/10/24/clinton-now-tries-build-mandate/

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1. republicans being who they are, the only "mandate" they understand is losing congress

if hillary wins the white house and there's a democratic majority in the house and senate, then we have a mandate.

well, assuming we get rid of the filibuster.

regardless, they'll oppose anything we do as long as possible and as often as possible, because that's what they do.

[Orrex]

5. 100% correct

Clinton could pull in 538 electoral votes on Nov 8 and Republicans would still insist that she doesn't represent the will of the people, but Dubya with 271 votes somehow had an undeniable mandate.

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6. yup. republicans stopped caring about the will of the people ages ago.

once they realized that the will of the people is that republicans go pound sand.

[Thinkingabout]

2. Success can come from working together instead of the groups fighting against each other.

I think many wants the same things but apparently some only wants the Republican party to get the credit for successes. An Army is successful working together, we have to be the Army, GOTV.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Oh, I like the sound of this!

[Wounded Bear]

4. Obama was elected with a "mandate" twice...

and the Repubs refused to acknowledge that fact.

Yes, I want a crushing victory come Nov, but I have no illusions that the Repubs will admit that they don't have some mythical "silent majority" that gives them permission to go far beyond their duty as the loyal opposition.