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Trump did not receive mandate

May 6, 2025 by Guest Post

by Steve Schmidt, Darby

Yes, Trump won the election. He is President. However, it is not correct to say he has a mandate. Trump received only approximately 32% of the approximately 239 million eligible potential voters in America. Trump did not receive any kind of mandate. We don’t yet have a clear picture of what the majority of Americans think about Trump in general. However, a variety of polls indicate Trump and his policies are rapidly losing favor with Americans.

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  1. Tracy says

    May 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM

    Polls are only as good as the people taking them and the people whom they are polling. You folks are doing a lot of wishful thinking and yes he does have a mandate. He won the election by a clear majority!

  2. Gomez says

    May 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM

    “Navigator Research’s poll, conducted April 24 to 28 among 1,000 registered voters, found about 1 in 9 (11 percent) of respondents who voted for Trump in 2024 regretted having done so, another 16 percent do not regret voting for him but were disappointed.”

    1 in 4 who voted for him either regret voting for him or are disappointed in his performance. Already.

    It didn’t take long for the shine to wear off.

    • Bill Cavanaugh says

      May 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM

      Oh Bullsh*t, leave it to Gomez to look for some slanted poll from some pollster nobody in this world has ever even heard of. The only reason I can believe people like you and WMA are so angry and dumb is that you are:
      A) Being Paid to push this stupid propaganda
      B) Are in cahoots by the Democrat who owns this paper

      You’re Negativity is Nauseating.

      • Gomez says

        May 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM

        Oh Bill, please. It’s not some grand conspiracy against the grand leader. 🙂

        Fox News 5/6/25;

        “President Trump stands at 44% approval and 55% disapproval in the latest Fox News national poll.”

        This is the lowest 100 day approval number of any president in 80 years. The only president that had a lower number was Trump himself in 2016.

      • WMA says

        May 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM

        Bill,
        BS right back at ya.
        I don’t know Gomez, but I know myself. I don’t get a dime from anyone, and I certainly am not in any kind of relationship with anyone at the Star.
        It speaks volumes about your ugly world view that you assume my passion for Democratic causes and against Trumpers like you is not genuine and must be purchased. Shame on you.

        • Gomez says

          May 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM

          WMA. Same. I am an independent thinker with critical thinking skills and a fairly decent BS detector. I WISH I was getting paid to express my opinion lol. :Likewise, I don’t know a single person who works for the Star.

          • Bill Cavanaugh says

            May 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM

            Independent brainwashed Propagandists sounds a bit more appropriate for you guys.. You left out that the Democrats sank even further than Trump in your bologna sandwich. They are on life support.
            The Corpse you two clowns were pushing had the lowest approval rating in presidential history so your credibility is nil.. Don’t kid yourself. Yeah, I believe your bull about the Star about as much as I believe that we had the “Best Biden Ever”. Check back with me about Trump’s approval rating next week, that should leave you speechless.

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