12-20-2016, 09:56 PM
(12-20-2016, 09:14 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(12-20-2016, 02:51 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: President-elect Donald J. Trump has claimed he won the electoral vote in a “landslide,” but he ranks below most presidents in the electoral vote and popular vote margins.
Obama twice claimed landslides when he didn't get them, too. It's become the norm for the president to claim a landslide, irrespective of the facts.
I don't think Obama claimed a landslide, and if he did, he is exaggerating. But it was a definitive victory; twice. The first time, more so. Trump did not only not get a landslide, as he claimed, he did not get a definitive win, and got no mandate at all.