Title: Donald Trump & GOP Congress: 2016 Election Mandates | National Review
Headings: Does Donald Trump Have a Mandate?
Does Donald Trump Have a Mandate?
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Three Kinds of Presidential Mandates
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Does Donald Trump Have a Mandate? By Dan McLaughlin
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November 16, 2016 7:47 PM
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Trump campaigns in Grand Junction, Colo., in October. ( Reuters photo: Jonathan Ernst)
The president-elect enters the White House with a good amount of political capital — but the Republican Congress has more. Loading your audio article
A s of this writing, Donald Trump won 47 percent of the popular vote and 306 electoral votes en route to the White House. Does that mean President-elect Trump has a mandate? It depends on how you define the term, but if anyone has a mandate in American government right now, it’s the Republican Congress. Advertisement
Three Kinds of Presidential Mandates
There are really three kinds of “mandates.” The first and simplest one is an executive mandate: