JohnnyMarzetti
02-26-2005, 12:36 PM
Why do we keep hearing "51% is not a mandate" from the Democratic talking heads?
60% of the electorate voted in the recent US Presidential election. Of that, slightly over half chose Mr Bush - that is if the election results were legitimate, i.e. not tampered with - but I'll leave that aside for the moment and assume for the sake of argument that it was. So we've got 30% of eligible voters endorsing Mr Bush.
Of those, a Gallup poll indicated that a mere 6% of voters chose Bush due to his "agendas/ideas/platforms/goals." The balance chose him due to some brand loyalty to the Republican party, or alleged personal qualities.
That means 6% of 30% - 1.8% of the electorate - actually supported Bush's platform.
So that's the real number of people who support the Bush agenda. Slightly less than one out of every fifty eligible voters.
1.8% is not a "mandate."
60% of the electorate voted in the recent US Presidential election. Of that, slightly over half chose Mr Bush - that is if the election results were legitimate, i.e. not tampered with - but I'll leave that aside for the moment and assume for the sake of argument that it was. So we've got 30% of eligible voters endorsing Mr Bush.
Of those, a Gallup poll indicated that a mere 6% of voters chose Bush due to his "agendas/ideas/platforms/goals." The balance chose him due to some brand loyalty to the Republican party, or alleged personal qualities.
That means 6% of 30% - 1.8% of the electorate - actually supported Bush's platform.
So that's the real number of people who support the Bush agenda. Slightly less than one out of every fifty eligible voters.
1.8% is not a "mandate."