The instant I posted I reread the subject line and saw that you meant the last election -- 2002.
But that's OK, I'll step up to the plate. You know who got a mandate in the 2002 elections? Mr. Low Voter Turnout, that's who. Only around half the electorate turned out nationwide, and in places like California, it was more like 40%.
"Low Voter Turnout" is an alias for None O'The Above.
L.V.Turnout/N.O.Above cleaned up with about 75% of the vote. The Republicans and Democrats who took office did so with 25% of the people behind them, and the difference between their shares of the vote amounts to statistical noise exacerbated by gerrymandered districts that tipped slight margins into big victories.
Mandate? Bush don't got no steenking mandate!
--Robert
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