Donald Trump won the popular vote, but more Americans voted against him than for him — discrediting Republican talk about an ...

The insistence on a popular mandate by any victor is invariably a self-serving claim masquerading as objective analysis.

It’s a gamble with risks. If the former president prevails on Tuesday, expect him to claim a mandate to do much of what his opponents have been saying he will do. The concept of a presidential mandate ...

Some political experts have questioned exactly how large a "mandate" President-elect Donald Trump has, despite his claims to the contrary.