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Originally posted by Bingo+Nov 3 2004, 05:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Bingo @ Nov 3 2004, 05:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-RougeUnderoos@Nov 3 2004, 02:44 PM
Good question.
We can only hope that he tries to move to the center. How many people voted for him, 50 million? It's not exactly a strong mandate in a country of 300 million.
That being said, they are going to get a lot more conservative with the social issues. Abortion, gay marriage, Christian versions of morality, all that good stuff. The Patriot Act might get toughened up to include random cavity searches and maybe some tax incentives for book burnings.
I don't know about any more wars though. Maybe not because he's stuck in one right now and unless they turn tail and run, they'll still be there by the time the next election rolls around.
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I hear you ... 51% is a pretty divided country.
But I was surprised to hear that Clinton only achieved 42% and 49% in his two election wins, so the last President with a strong mandate was Bush Sr. with 53% of the popular vote in 1988.
In fact the last Democratic President to top George W. Bush's electorate share from last night was Lydon Johnson in 1964.
Is there such a thing as a strong mandage in American politics? [/b][/quote]
That's because the thrid party ticket got such a large percentage of the vote.
Kinda the same as our minority government up here, only once elected, the president doesn't have to worry about the opposition and the third party being able to gang up on him and his policies.