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People say the president has a mandate if he wins by a large majority. The mandate is particularly clear if there was a defining issue during the campaign.
If it is clear what the people are voting for and if a large majority vote for it, then the president will face little opposition when he pushes to give the people what they want and expect.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoA mandate ( which means the president won by a landslide after stressing certain proposals) gives the President confidence that he should push hard for his new programs even if he faces opposition in Congress. A mandate also makes it less likely that he will face opposition in Congress and more likely that he can twist arms or make promises to help in future campaigns and get his legislation passed.
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When a new president argues that he has a mandate what does that mean?
Generally speaking when a President is elected as president, and he has made promises he takes those promises as a "mandate" of the people to do (or complete) that promise.In this context "Mandate" is the will of the people expressed in their support of his election.
What happens if a president claims to possess a mandate from American electorate?
Some people agree and some people laugh. If he really has a mandate, he has no reason to mention it.
How does a president elect get a mandate?
mandate means that he gets ordered by the people to do something... in this sense, it means that the president, when elected by a large majority of the population, is ordered by the people to do what they expect him to do. More to the point, he has a large backing of the voting public so he can do whatever he believes is right to do.
What are the informal powers of the President?
1. personal exercise of power 2.immediate needs of the nation 3.mandate of the people
Did president Jackson take his election victory in 1832 as a mandate to forbid slavery in the territories?
No, President Jackson took his election as a mandate to support South Carolina's right of nullification.
A president's claim of broad public support is called?
A mandate
If a president gets a mandate to go to war he will then?
probably start a war
What have presidents justified under the principles of immediate need of the nations and a mandate from the people?
Virtually everything a president does can be justified by this vague phrase, as interpreted by the president. I do not think any president every took any official action which he claimed was not a need of the nation or else something that the people were mandating.
What have presidents justified under the principles of immediate needs of the nation and a mandate from the people?
Virtually everything a president does can be justified by this vague phrase, as interpreted by the president. I do not think any president every took any official action which he claimed was not a need of the nation or else something that the people were mandating.
What have presidents justified under the principles immediate needs of the nation and a mandate from the people?
Virtually everything a president does can be justified by this vague phrase, as interpreted by the president. I do not think any president every took any official action which he claimed was not a need of the nation or else something that the people were mandating.
Who was the first Lebanese president after the independence from the French mandate?
Bechara Al-Khoury
What happens when a president gets an mandate to go to war?
Probably start a war
