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Originally Posted by Willravel
That wasn't exactly black and white. The way i see it 2006 wasn't a mandate, it was simply the Dems gaining a bit of ground. I think Obama was the mandate, considering that he won by nearly 10 million votes, and now we're (hopefully) headed in the right direction with Iraq.
Anyway, you're right to point out it isn't exactly as simple as I posted, but it's where you start. We're representative democracies, after all.
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No, it was a mandate. They sure didn't elect the Dems because they agreed with that party on the issues, otherwise all the issue votes would have swung progressive rather than neo-con. Remember that not one single gay marriage amendment passed, anywhere.