Mandates are not objective realities but subjective interpretations of elections sold successfully by the winning candidate or party.
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Mandates are rarely won on election night. They are earned after Inauguration Day by leaders who spend their political capital wisely, taking advantage of events without overreaching.
Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win.
When you run on something definitive and then win by a significant margin, you have a mandate.
What matters in any campaign is that you have a strategic core that makes the judgements, decides the strategy, and can deliver.
Elections are about choices, and part of what you do is draw that contrast.
Experience shows us that most people's votes are based on their biases, not on objective reality. Elections are a collective gut reaction. That any good comes of it at all is the miracle of democracy.
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.
A campaign is about defining who you are - your vision and your opponent's vision.
Elections are about choices.
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