The Pros And Cons Of Presidential Candidates

When talking about the political system, specifically the presidential aspect, a mandate refers to the authority that is given to a certain person or persons, which is governed by the people. So, for our representative democracy, a president, although may not be totally voted for from the public, is our representative. Also, when an election results in a landslide for one of the candidates, they often claim that their policies have received a mandate from the voter population. Although a candidate may have been elected and may have seemed as per a popular vote, it might have just been from other ways, such as the electoral college. So, in some instances in the past, such as president Washington, a president has been elected not necessarly by the people, but from delegates and representatives. In Washington's case, he was not voted in by the people, but by the other founding fathers that were present. …show more content…
If a president says he has a mandate from the people, for example, regarding education laws, that means his belief has become the popular belief throughout the national and the voters. A mandate is just basically a command or expression that is desired by voters if this country. In politics, a mandate can refer to many things, from the election aspect, or simply what an elected president and his followers believe in. Before watching the assigned video, I did not have a clue of what a mandate rendered to, but now, I think I understand a little more of that side of the political