What is a democratic mandate?
In general, it means the ruling party would follow the election results. The voters vote for a policy and it is the mandate on the winner that it implements. Here comes a question, however. What if the people voted not for the policies such as the character of the leader? Is it the fallacy of democracy that the people vote for the youthful leader without proper backing even from his own party?
The US voters elected President Trump in a fair and open election. What is his mandate if he got elected as an 'honest leader' without the restriction of conventional political correctness blatantly pursuing the interests of the nation rather than of the world? Is it his democratic mandate in ending effectively the WTO?
What is at stake for the next election is dire. What President Trump promises for this nation and for the world matters. If he wins, he will carry out his democratic mandate, the promises he has been making over the course of his first term. The political groups allied with him will dictate his campaign promises; will it be the enemy of the people antagonized by the Democratic party play that role? Will the hateful rich, the investors, the CEO's against the people demand more tax cuts for the rich (or what)?
It is time that we should not be blinded by the election gimmicks and false almost-there promises of the politicians.
In general, it means the ruling party would follow the election results. The voters vote for a policy and it is the mandate on the winner that it implements. Here comes a question, however. What if the people voted not for the policies such as the character of the leader? Is it the fallacy of democracy that the people vote for the youthful leader without proper backing even from his own party?
The US voters elected President Trump in a fair and open election. What is his mandate if he got elected as an 'honest leader' without the restriction of conventional political correctness blatantly pursuing the interests of the nation rather than of the world? Is it his democratic mandate in ending effectively the WTO?
What is at stake for the next election is dire. What President Trump promises for this nation and for the world matters. If he wins, he will carry out his democratic mandate, the promises he has been making over the course of his first term. The political groups allied with him will dictate his campaign promises; will it be the enemy of the people antagonized by the Democratic party play that role? Will the hateful rich, the investors, the CEO's against the people demand more tax cuts for the rich (or what)?
It is time that we should not be blinded by the election gimmicks and false almost-there promises of the politicians.