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2 months ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Nathaniel Rakich |Julia Azari |Cooper Burton
The Department of Government Efficiency could wind up hurting Trump politically. ByNathaniel Rakich, Julia Azari, and Cooper BurtonFebruary 4, 2025, 2:27 PMWelcome to 538's latest politics chat. Welcome to 538's politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
goskagit.com | Julia Azari
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Julia Azari
By Julia R. Azari, Assistant Professor, political science, Marquette University
Donald Trump claims the 2024 election gave him a mandate. Scholars who study the presidency are skeptical about the entire concept of a mandate. That hasn’t stopped many presidents from claiming one. Read complete article© The Conversation
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
idahopress.com | Julia Azari
Presidents often claim mandates − especially when they want to expand their power or are on the defensive
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Julia Azari
Shortly after the 2024 election was called in Donald Trump’s favor, he declared that voters had given him “an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”As the popular vote margin shrinks, however, this claim seems less plausible. But it puts Trump squarely within the historical tradition of how presidents – and those around them – have claimed electoral mandates. These claims don’t necessarily tell anything meaningful about the election results.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
allpoliticsnow.com | Julia Azari
Shortly after the 2024 election was called in Donald Trump’s favor, he declared that voters had given him “an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”As the popular vote margin shrinks, however, this claim seems less plausible. But it puts Trump squarely within the historical tradition of how presidents – and those around them – have claimed electoral mandates. These claims don’t necessarily tell anything meaningful about the election results.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
caledonianrecord.com | Julia Azari
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
newspronto.com | Julia Azari
Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesShortly after the 2024 election was called in Donald Trump’s favor, he declared that voters had given him “an unprecedented and powerful mandate.” As the popular vote margin shrinks, however, this claim seems less plausible. But it puts Trump squarely within the historical tradition of how presidents – and those around them – have claimed electoral mandates. These claims don’t necessarily tell anything meaningful about the election results.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
hypertext.niskanencenter.org | Julia Azari
Four years ago, as we headed into the last stretch of the 2020 election, the “racial reckoning” unfurled after the murder of George Floyd. Race appeared to drive party politics in a profound way, shaping the differences between parties as well as some of the tensions within them, over issues like “defund the police” for Democrats and how to respond to Trump’s not-infrequent racial provocations for Republicans.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
msnbc.com | Julia Azari
During the bitterly divided 2004 presidential election, a Senate candidate from Illinois took the stage and urged Americans to think about their common values instead of their differences. Four years later, then-Sen. Barack Obama spoke at the convention as the party’s presidential nominee. As a candidate who looked like no past party nominee — referring to himself as a “skinny kid with a funny name” — Obama promised hope and change.
