Quote (Santara @ Nov 5 2020 02:45pm)
Red loctite.
Winning by the slimmest of margins implies that the electorate does not strongly back the policies of the candidate who wins. The larger the margin of victory, the greater the "mandate" from the voters saying "we want you to enact a massive agenda."
ok so more theoretical than an actual "mandate"
yeah in many countries you have majorities, minor majorities, split governance and forced cooperation when the votes are split too sparingly
but i'd still say in usa, it's WTA winner takes all and this mandate theory is one of conceptualism opposed to actual law