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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
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Subject: Re: Statistical correction
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Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 08:41:36 EST
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I guess we disagree on what a mandate is, Dave.  I tend to put
the percentage higher, like about 60%.  In fact, I don't even like
to call any vote a mandate unless it goes up into the 90% range.
But, given the complexity of our nation and its voting population,
I will have to settle for the lower figure. (Now doesn't THAT come
out convoluted?)  The only REAL thing I would call a mandate would
be when my Manager tells me I have to get this job done by such-and-such
date and I can do anything I want to get it done.  In politics, about
the only time I see a mandate being given is in the area of a
national emergency when the government must get moving to prevent
or stop something from happening or to clean up after a disaster.

Although I am voting for RR, I cannot call his winning a mandate.
I just feel he has done a fairly good job so far and want him to
continue to do so for at least the next four years.  I do not
want to consider his reelection a mandate as that implies carte
blanche and I don't think any politician should have that power.
T. C. Wheeler