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Chris Hayes: The final 2024 election tally is almost in. It should end the MAGA mandate myth.

www.msnbc.com Chris Hayes: The final 2024 election tally is almost in. It should end the MAGA mandate myth.

There’s going to be a reckoning about the distance between what the swing voters who gave Trump this majority were voting for and what they’re about to get.

Summary

Donald Trump narrowly won the 2024 presidential election, securing the smallest popular vote margin for a victor in modern U.S. history, with just 1.6% over Kamala Harris.

Despite his win, Democrats performed unexpectedly well in down-ballot races, flipping Senate seats in swing states Trump carried and maintaining the House balance.

Republicans lack a clear mandate as Trump’s plans for deportations, ending birthright citizenship, political retribution, and tariffs clash with voters’ hopes for economic relief.

There’s likely to be backlash as voters realize the gap between what they wanted and what Trump plans to deliver.

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I don't know if the author is coping or if they actually believe this.
Despite his win, Democrats performed unexpectedly well in down-ballot races, flipping Senate seats in swing states Trump carried and maintaining the House balance.
Uh... They lost the Senate what the fuck is this guy even talking about?
- The senate is weird. It's possible to lose seats even if your party gets more votes overall. 6 years ago was the Trump midterm so democrats did well. This meant a disproportionate number of senators up for reelection this year were either vulnerable democrats or safe republicans. So overall losing only 3 seats is not bad in that context.
- Lost the Senate and "maintaining the House balance" is a funny way to say "lost the House, again".
  Just take your fucking licks Democrats and learn from it, rather than trying to reframe losing all branches of the Federal government as some sort of secret strategic long-term winning plan.
  
  My county flipped blue. Democrats didn't even have someone running for the house seat here, it was uncontested.
  They probably wouldn't have won, but they didn't even try...
- It was barely a 50-50 split before. I wouldn't exactly call that a majority.
  
  I mean maybe but now Republicans have a majority. Still not "democrats performing well".

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