Title: What is a Mandate? - Definition & Examples - Social Science Class [2021 Video] | Study.com
Headings: What is a Mandate? - Definition & Examples
What is a Mandate? - Definition & Examples
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Mandates: When Winning Might Not Be Enough
When Is a Mandate Really a Mandate?
Roosevelt's Mandate
Reagan's Mandate
Truman's Mandate
Obama's Mandate
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Content: The idea of a mandate is a pretty hazy one, since there's no legal definition for it and no specific set of circumstances in which you can apply it. But this hasn't stopped many national candidates and political parties from claiming that they had one. In this sense, a mandate, the belief that the electorate broadly supports your plans and has told you so with an electoral victory, is often worth more than the election itself. {"error":true,"iframe":true}
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